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Peddlers / Colporteurs
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Peddlers / Colporteurs

J.A. Aldag · 1833 - 1870 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

About this work

Sheet with 45 depictions of street vendors, for example a print seller, a coal seller, and a milkmaid. Below each image an inscription. Numbered in the center at the top: no. 44.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printstreet-tradermerchant, salesman
Credit lineUitverkoopers / Colporteurs. 1833 - 1870. J.A. Aldag. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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