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 street scene rendered in a black and white woodcut style shows tall narrow buildings with stepped and curved gables lining the background, each facade detailed with multiple rectangular windows and vertical or brick textures; in the foreground a horse hitched to a cart with large spoked wheels stands beside a man wearing a hat and knee-length coat who holds a bucket and appears to touch the horse’s bridle; to the right a second man in a hat and long coat steps toward a doorway where a woman with a bonnet leans out from the window above a counter; the ground is shown with horizontal lines and the whole image is framed by a dark border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A96_258

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.6Mb (7.3Mb) / 16.6in x 12.6in / 4970 x 3772 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asch-Karmans Kermis-Wensch 1844 Fair print Amsterdam ash cart men year 1844 print fair print behalf cart men cart man garbage collector View street man standing ash bucket another man collects money door- -door bottom poem two columns JD Farjon man district no 19 printmaker printer person paper letterpress printing woodcut text letterpress image height 335 mm x width 210 mm garbage collection public road - II - ideal city Period street scene rendered black white style tall narrow buildings stepped curved gables lining background facade detailed multiple rectangular windows vertical brick textures foreground horse hitched large spoked wheels stands beside man wearing hat knee-length coat holds bucket touch horse’s bridle right second man long coat steps doorway woman bonnet leans window counter ground shown horizontal lines whole image framed dark border