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New Year's greeting with a fairground scene
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New Year's greeting with a fairground scene

Johannes Bouwer · 1760 - 1814 · 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 letter with inscribed cartouche within a decorative frame depicting a fair scene and figures of tightrope walkers. Handwritten message in calligraphy (fair prize) by Antje Jans Olij to her father and mother. Numbered top right: No. 16.

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Credit lineWensbrief met kermistafereel. 1760 - 1814. Johannes Bouwer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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