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Birthday wish from Petrus Rosiersz, 1775

Petrus Rosiersz · 1805 · etching; handwriting; calligraphy; paper; ink

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About this work

Birthday greeting by Petrus Rosiersz. Addressed to his mother on her 44th birthday on 8 April 1775. Verse written on a pre-printed sheet with a frame formed by vines and roots, a gardener, at the bottom a towboat in a canal. With a calligraphed hunting scene. Numbered top right: No. 11. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: New Year's and carnival greetings.

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Subjects

print wensbrief birthday tow-boat, towing-barge gardening calligraphy

Credit lineVerjaardagswens door Petrus Rosiersz, 1775. 1805. Petrus Rosiersz. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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