About this motif
Flat peat barges were used to carry the cut peat out of the moor along the ditches. For a long time these boats were the peat farmers' most important means of transport.
Behrens' etching shows two peat barges on the bank of the ditch, with a thatched house beneath large trees behind, all in strong black lines. Image about 8 x 11 cm on an 18 x 24 cm sheet, black and white or hand-coloured, framed on request.
