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From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with the interior of a paper mill in the center. Above it a rag picker, a drawing lesson, Buffon at his writing desk, and men reading in a library. Below it a library, a money changer, a woman with paper curls in her hair, and a collector of old paper. To the left and right of the central scene, products made from paper.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineProductie en gebruik van papier. c. 1850 - c. 1875. Belin et Bethmont. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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