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Man falling out of a rowing boat and fashionable woman with child on the street
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Man falling out of a rowing boat and fashionable woman with child on the street

anonymous · c. 1750 - c. 1800 · etching; paper

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

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Untrimmed sheet with two representations, numbered 5 and 8. Under the representations two lines of verse in Dutch. On the left a man has fallen out of a rowing boat. He is held by his wig by a woman in the boat. On the quay people are watching. With the verse: 'I hold the Cadagang well, / if you now just mind the Rowing'. On the right stand a woman and boy at a building on which is written 'Notary'. The woman holds her parasol over the boy, who has his arms crossed. In the window of the building sit five persons who look at them or talk with the woman. Under the representation the verse: 'I am content in this my Lot, / Although I am mocked by others'.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMan valt uit een roeiboot en modieuze vrouw met kind op straat. c. 1750 - c. 1800. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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