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Sheet with 12 depictions of breeding, slaughtering, and preparing cows and pigs. Under each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 28.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSlagtijd. 1828 - 1853. Johannis Waleson. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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