Caption
Asch-Karmans Kermis-Wensch, 1844, Fair print of the Amsterdam ash cart men for the year 1844, print, fair print, Fair print on behalf of the ash cart men (cart man or garbage collector) in Amsterdam for the year 1844. View of a street in Amsterdam with a man standing with an ash bucket by the cart while another man collects money door-to-door. At the bottom, a poem in two columns. On behalf of JD Farjon, the ash cart man of district no. 19., printmaker, printer (person), Amsterdam, paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, text in letterpress with image in woodcut, height 335 mm x width 210 mm, garbage collection, public road - II - ideal city, Period, A black and white woodcut scene shows a street lined with tall narrow buildings with stepped and curved gables and many small windows; a cart with a large spoked wheel is attached to a harnessed horse standing in the street; a person wearing a hat and a long skirt holds the horse’s bridle and carries a pail in one hand; another person is partially visible at a doorway handing a small rectangular object to a figure leaning from an upper window who wears a bonnet and rests an arm on the windowsill; brickwork textures and vertical line shading define façades and the street surface.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A92_193
License type
Rights managed
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51.4Mb (6.4Mb) / 16.3in x 12.3in / 4881 x 3684 (300dpi)