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Professions
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Professions

F. Houtkamp · 1822 - 1849 · 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 twelve depictions of craftsmen and professions, such as a sentinel, a baker, and a gardener. Below each image, a four-line verse in Frisian. Numbered in the upper right corner: No. 97.

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printpopular printstreet-traderbakercrafts and industriesmerchant, salesman
Credit lineBeroepen. 1822 - 1849. F. Houtkamp. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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