Moving day in Amsterdam, 1831

Satirical print on the troubles surrounding a move in Amsterdam on 1 May. The new inhabitants of a canal house, Doctor Urinaal and his wife Griet, want to move into their new home, but the previous inhabitants, the Naturalibus family, are not yet finished moving their belongings. When it starts to rain, Doctor Urinaal indicates with his watch that it is already twelve o'clock and that according to old Dutch law the house should have been handed over empty by then. Monsieur Soupirant, the young friend of the daughter, Miss Wip, becomes angry and strikes the old man, causing him to fall to the ground. Mrs. Naturalibus must be revived with smelling salts, son Jantje must cry and hides in his mother's skirts. Behind the mother among the belongings stands the servant Jockey. Movers are busy hoisting belongings out of the house and loading a boat in the canal. To the left of this, another boat waits with the belongings of Doctor Urinaal.