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Monogrammist ED · c. 1850 · lithography; hand coloring; paper; watercolor (paint)

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

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A mourners' crier reads the notice of someone's death. Standing by a door, he wears a hat with a hanging mourning ribbon at the back. Subject categories within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: The Beginning, Middle and End of Man. Funerals, mourners' criers, gravediggers, etc.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAanspreker. c. 1850. Monogrammist ED. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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