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Miss Alida, whose thoughts / Are proud and spiteful in love, / Is cleverly deceived, as she gets Jan / The chimney sweep as a husband
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Miss Alida, whose thoughts / Are proud and spiteful in love, / Is cleverly deceived, as she gets Jan / The chimney sweep as a husband

Christiaan Cornelis Lucas van Staden · 1806 - 1830 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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Sheet with 16 depictions of the life of Alida who marries a chimney sweep. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 176.

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Credit lineMejuffer Alida, wiens zinnen / Hoogmoedig, spytig zyn in 't minnen, / Wordt fraai bedrogen, daar zy Jan / Den schoorsteenveger krygt ten man. 1806 - 1830. Christiaan Cornelis Lucas van Staden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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