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Closer to a Bookseller
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Closer to a Bookseller

anonymous · c. 1800 - c. 1850 · etching; engraving; hand coloring; paper

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

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Interior of a bookshop with the owner behind the counter. He gives two coins to a poet, a man with a manuscript under his arm and his hat in his hand. In the background a bookcase. With two five-line verses in French, which can be sung to the melody of: 'Bouton de Rose'.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDichter bij een boekhandelaar. c. 1800 - c. 1850. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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