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Carnival wish from the gas lamp lighters of Amsterdam for the year 1854
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Carnival wish from the gas lamp lighters of Amsterdam for the year 1854

anonymous · 1854 · letterpress printing; wood engraving; paper

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 1854. 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: N. van den Broeck. 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 description
Credit lineKermiswens van de gaslantaarnopstekers van Amsterdam voor het jaar 1854. 1854. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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