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Here you see in this print, a number of merchants, / Their trade is nothing but wind, / At the closing of the market, they must experience, / That one finds the head bare and the purse empty
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Here you see in this print, a number of merchants, / Their trade is nothing but wind, / At the closing of the market, they must experience, / That one finds the head bare and the purse empty

weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm · 1842 - 1866 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 24 scenes of stock traders in action. Each image has a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 25.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printstock exchange, stock-market
Credit lineHier ziet gy in deze prent, een aantal handelaren, / Hun koopmanschap is niets, als acties van den wind, / Op 't scheiden van de markt, zoo moeten zy ervaren, / Dat men het hoofd berooid, de geldbeurs. 1842 - 1866. weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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