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Behold the Life and Trade / Of Jan the Washer and His Wife. / Let This Teach You, That Rashly Married / Is Something That Long Afterwards Still Mourns
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 24 depictions of the life of Jan de Wasser, a man who must do all the household work for his wife Griet, who wears the trousers. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: N. 6.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineZie hier het leven en bedrijf / Van Jan de Wasser en zijn wijf. / Die leere u, dat ras getrouwd / Iets is, dat lang daarna nog rouwt. c. 1822 - 1849. Wijsmuller, Erve. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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