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Family at the Breakfast Table
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The man sees that the first three columns of his morning newspaper are empty. He finds that more impressive than the news that should have been there.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineGezin aan de ontbijttafel. 1842. Honoré Daumier. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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