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Trade, though carried on in small / Yet seems to yield some profit / Le commerce en petit, / Plusiers personnes nourit
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Trade, though carried on in small / Yet seems to yield some profit / Le commerce en petit, / Plusiers personnes nourit

Glenisson & Zonen · 1856 - 1900 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 16 depictions of vendors, such as a blanket seller, a pickle seller, and a fishmonger. Below each image a two-line verse in Dutch and French. Numbered at the top center: no. 98.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printstreet-tradermerchant, salesman
Credit lineDe handel, schoon in 't klein gedreven / Schijnt toch nog eenig winst te geven / Le commerce en petit, / Plusiers personnes nourit. 1856 - 1900. Glenisson & Zonen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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