New Year's Wish of the Amsterdam Night Watch for the Year 1850
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New Year's greeting from the Amsterdam night watch (ratelwacht) for the year 1850. Centrally a poem surrounded by a decorated frame with at the top two lions with the coat of arms of Amsterdam. On both sides two figures, on the left Minerva and below her a night watchman with the New Year's greeting. On the right Lady Justice and below her a night watchman with a ratel. Dedicated by the night watchmen from quarter 14 section 4: J. Ravens, G. Poelenjée, W. Burger and M. Rietveld. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Customs and habits in a narrower sense, Folk life, Folk publications, New Year's and Christmas greetings, Amsterdam.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description- Institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Catalogue identifier
- KOG-ZG-1-29-124
- Arkivism identifier
- rijks-KOG-ZG-1-29-124
- Date
- 1849 - 1850
- Medium
- letterpress printing; wood engraving; paper
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