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Domestic Occupations
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Domestic Occupations

Glenisson & Zonen · 1856 - 1900 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Folk print with eight depictions of female occupations such as raising children, cleaning, cooking, spinning, selling fish and milk, and churning butter. Under each depiction a two-line verse. Numbered center top: (N. 54.). Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Profession and business. Female profession and business: Varia and children's prints.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
popular printcleaning vegetablescleaning (the house)milkmaid
Credit lineHuisselijke bezigheden. 1856 - 1900. Glenisson & Zonen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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