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Wish card with tightrope walkers and the civic guard
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Wish card with tightrope walkers and the civic guard

anonymous · 1841 · pen; etching; colour; calligraphy; paper; ink

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

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Greeting card with inscribed cartouche within a decorative frame depicting acrobats and the mustering of the civic guard. Handwritten message in calligraphy (New Year's wish) by Cornelis Duivis to his grandmother and aunt. Numbered top right: N. 26 and below, in pencil: 20.

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Credit lineWensbrief met koorddansers en de schutterij. 1841. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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