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Carnival print from the Amsterdam gas lamp lighters for the year 1855

anonymous · 1855 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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New Year's and Christmas Greeting of the Amsterdam Gas Lamp Lighters for the Year 1855. Centrally, a poem in two columns. At the top, a street in Amsterdam broken up for the laying of the gas main. At the bottom, two gas fitters. From the gas lamp lighter: N. van den Broek. Subject categories within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Customs and manners in the narrower sense, Folk life, Folk publications, New Year's and Christmas greetings, Amsterdam.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

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kermisprent print gas-lamp gas supply digging (industrial process)street lighting Amsterdam

Credit lineKermisprent van de Amsterdamse gaslantaarnopstekers voor het jaar 1855. 1855. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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