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Here you see, O children! depicted as a warning to you, / Which irregularities a bad household breeds. / Where man and woman, driven by discord against each other, / In drunkenness, quarreling and beating, equally miserable
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Here you see, O children! depicted as a warning to you, / Which irregularities a bad household breeds. / Where man and woman, driven by discord against each other, / In drunkenness, quarreling and beating, equally miserable

Johan Noman · 1806 - 1830 · 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. Top: the drunk Dries being brought to his wife Tryn. Bottom: Tryn giving the drunk Dries a good beating. Below the images, a poem in three columns. Numbered top right: No. 210.

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printpopular printhen-pecked husbanddrunkarddrunkenness
Credit lineHier ziet ge, ô kinders! u ten afschrik, afgebeeld, / Welke ongeregeldheên het kwaad huishouden teelt. / Daar man en vrouw weêrzyds door tweedragt aangedreven, / In dronkenschap, gekyf en slaan, elend. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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