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Provide for yourself this time, so that the winter days, / By a warm hearth, do not complain too much, / But it is the big question: although one counts slaughter month, / Have you a good purse with money for meat and bacon?
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Provide for yourself this time, so that the winter days, / By a warm hearth, do not complain too much, / But it is the big question: although one counts slaughter month, / Have you a good purse with money for meat and bacon?

Schalekamp & Van de Grampel · 1795 - 1819 · 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 breeding, slaughtering and preparing cows and pigs. Under each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 9.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printbutcher, slaughterman
Credit lineVoorziet u deezen tyd, op dat de winterdagen, / Uw by een warme haard, niet al te veel doen klagen, / Maar 't is de groote vraag: schoon dat men slagtmaand teld, / Hebt gy voor vleesch en spek een goe. 1795 - 1819. Schalekamp & Van de Grampel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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