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Turf Cutters
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Turf Cutters

Noach van der Meer (II) · 1781 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

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

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Two peat cutters in a boat. On the bank, also a peat cutter. To the right, the peat is used as fuel in the hearth of a house. At the bottom, an explanatory text for the letter T.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpeat (soil type)peat-cuttingopen hearth, fire-place
Credit lineTurfstekers. 1781. Noach van der Meer (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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