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Betty introduced to a suitor and Betty finding the captain dead next to a wine barrel
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Betty introduced to a suitor and Betty finding the captain dead next to a wine barrel

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki · 1779 · etching; paper

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

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Left: Betty is introduced to her first husband. Right: Betty finds her second husband, a drunken captain, dead next to a wine barrel. Numbered: 41 S. and 131.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printJohann Karl WezelLiteraturehead bent forwardbowingloverscourting, flirting
Credit lineBetty voorgesteld aan een vrijer en Betty treft de kapitein dood aan naast een wijnvat. 1779. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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