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New Year's Wish of the Amsterdam Night Watch for the Year 1871
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New Year's Wish of the Amsterdam Night Watch for the Year 1871

anonymous · 1870 - 1871 · letterpress printing; wood engraving; paper

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

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New Year's greeting from the Amsterdam night watch (ratelwacht) for the year 1871. Central poem; at the top, a view of the Institute for the Blind (Stadhouderskade 84) and to its left the Henriëttehofje (Stadhouderskade 85). On either side of the poem, images of a standing blind man and woman in a niche. The text of the poem refers to the Franco-Prussian War.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineNieuwjaarswens van de Amsterdamse nachtwacht voor het jaar 1871. 1870 - 1871. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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