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Everyone lives here joyfully and cheerfully. Yet it is only for a short time
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Everyone lives here joyfully and cheerfully. Yet it is only for a short time

Jacobus Thompson (I) · 1791 - 1812 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Leaf with 2 depictions of people drinking. Above: a company of gentlemen drinking around a table. Below: a company of peasants drinking around a cask. Under each image a twelve-line verse in three columns. Numbered top right: No. 15.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printstimulating drinksdrunkarddrunkennessalcoholic drinks
Credit lineElk leeft hier vroolyk en verblyd. Doch 't is slegts voor een korten tyd. 1791 - 1812. Jacobus Thompson (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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