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Bird shooting at a shooting festival
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Bird shooting at a shooting festival

Frans Greenwood · 1733 · etching; paper

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

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Various shooters try to shoot a wooden bird from a pole with their rifles. Around them men, women and children watch. Farm festivals with Pentecost. Marked top right: pag. 18. Subject categories within the Atlas Manners and Customs: Folk festivals; Pentecost.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratiePentecost, WhitsundayfarmersPinksteren
Credit lineVogelschieten op een schuttersfeest. 1733. Frans Greenwood. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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