Satirical print on the fraud of the firm C. de Bruyn & Zonen, 1834

Satirical print on the fraud with a false balance scale by the firm C. de Bruyn & Zonen, 1834. The firm owned the first steam sugar refinery on the Lijnbaansgracht in Amsterdam. On January 8, 1834, they were caught using a balance with an extended arm. Centrally, the false balance hangs from steam clouds emanating from the factory 'De Vijf Gebroeders', on which crates of sugar are being weighed. On the left, C. de Bruyn with his two sons. In the clouds, a biblical quote. Affixed is the cut-out death notice of Cornelis de Bruijn Mz., June 28, 1834.