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Kermis print of the Amsterdam gas lamp lighters for the year 1847

anonymous · 1847 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Fair print of the Amsterdam gas lamp lighters, 13 September 1847. Cartouche with a view in a street in Amsterdam where several men are lighting the street lamps. Another man collects money from a house. On the left and right a standing woman with a torch and an oil lamp, at the bottom the Amsterdam gas factory. From the gas lamp lighter: F. Leduc.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

kermisprent print street lighting street Amsterdamse gasfabriek Amsterdam

Credit lineKermisprent van de Amsterdamse gaslantaarnopstekers voor het jaar 1847. 1847. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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