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Street Vendors
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Street Vendors

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1899 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with 20 depictions of street vendors. Below each image, a two-line verse in book type.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printstreet-tradermerchant, salesman
Credit lineStraatverkopers. c. 1700 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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