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Crowd around a magic lantern on a square
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Crowd around a magic lantern on a square

Bartolomeo Pinelli · 1809 · etching; paper

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

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Crowd on a square in front of a peep show with multiple viewing holes. Next to the stand the owner stands on a platform; with his right hand he pulls one of the cords coming out of the box. Next to him a woman with a child on her back and a tambourine in her hand and a girl with a spinning wheel. Numbered in the bottom right: 9.

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Credit lineMenigte rond een toverlantaarn op een plein. 1809. Bartolomeo Pinelli. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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