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Jacob Haafner in Ceylon
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Jacob Haafner in Ceylon

Reinier Vinkeles (I) · 1806 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Jacob Haafner in negotiation with a Jammedaar in Alamparvé on Ceylon. The ruler smoking a water pipe. The men sitting on a carpet on the ground in front of a building with a colonnade, surrounded by standing men with spears in their hands and wearing turbans.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printJacob Godfried Haafnerwater-pipe, hookah, narghileAsiatic races and peoplescasting weapons: spearhead-gear: turbanSri Lanka
Credit lineJacob Haafner op Ceylon. 1806. Reinier Vinkeles (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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