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This fine print picture presents, children, before your eyes, / What can be accomplished through noble artistic skill (...)
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This fine print picture presents, children, before your eyes, / What can be accomplished through noble artistic skill (...)

Petrus Christiaan Leonardus van Staden Czn. · 1856 - c. 1858 · letterpress printing; wood engraving; colour; paper

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

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Sheet with 8 depictions of public transport in and from Amsterdam around 1839-1840, numbered top right: No. 8. Below each image a four-line verse. From top left to bottom right: 1, the Willemspoort train station in Amsterdam. 2, steam locomotive 'De Arend'. 3, steam locomotive 'De Snelheid'. 4, first and second class train carriages ('Diligence' and 'char à bancs'). 5, third class train carriage ('waggon') and a goods train set. 6, Omnibus of the 'Amsterdamse Omnibus Onderneming'. 7, Omnibus of the company 'De Batavier'. 8, traditional horse-drawn carriage, a Diligence.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printdiligence, omnibus, horse-tramrailway, trainstationshelter (railway, tramway)
Credit lineDit fraaije Prenttafereel stelt, Kind'ren, u voor oogen, / Wat men verrigten kan door 't edel kunstvermogen (...). 1856 - c. 1858. Petrus Christiaan Leonardus van Staden Czn.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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