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Kermis wish from the gas lamp lighters of Amsterdam for the year 1852
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Carnival greeting of the Amsterdam gas lamp lighters for the year 1852. Cartouche with a view in a street in Amsterdam where several men are lighting the street lamps. Another man collects money at a house. Left and right a standing woman with a torch and an oil lamp, at the bottom the Amsterdam gas factory. With a poem in three columns. From the gas lamp lighter: W. Kunst. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Customs and habits in a narrower sense, Folk life, Folk sheets, New Year's and Christmas greetings, Amsterdam.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKermiswens van de gaslantaarnopstekers van Amsterdam voor het jaar 1852. 1852. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.