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New Year's card with an inn, drinking peasants, and acrobats
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New Year's card with an inn, drinking peasants, and acrobats

anonymous · 1801 · pen; etching; calligraphy; paper; ink

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

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Wish letter with an inscribed cartouche within a decorative frame with scenes of an inn, drinking peasants and acrobats. Handwritten message in calligraphy (fair letter) by Aaltje Koker. Numbered top right: No. 43.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printwensbrieffarmersacrobat ~ circusthe showalcoholic drinksdrinking
Credit lineWensbrief met een herberg, drinkende boeren en acrobaten. 1801. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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