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Lamenting Street Workers, 1824
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Lamenting Street Workers, 1824

Daniel Willem Stoopendaal · 1824 · lithography; hand coloring; paper

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

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Eight street workers standing in a row lamenting the low New Year's tip they received, 1 January 1824. The professions include: lamplighter, rattle watchman, dredger, and ash cartman. According to the caption, this concerns the abolition of the 5½ and 6 stuiver coins in the year 1823.

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Credit lineJammerende straatwerkers, 1824. 1824. Daniel Willem Stoopendaal. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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