Caption

The Street Boy, 1840-1841, print, costume print, The Street Boy. Standing young man. Loose copy of an illustration from: a book with character sketches, professions and traditional costumes of Dutch folk types from 1841. Numbered: 10., printmaker: Henry Brown, Netherlands, 1840 - 1841, paper, wood engraving, height 275 mm x width 182 mm, Used as an illustration in: De Nederlanden : character sketches, traditional costumes, posture and appearance of various social classes : text by the most esteemed writers : with engravings by Henry Brown after drawings by the most prominent Dutch artists. The Hague, 1841., the poor, professional clothes, Period, A black and white line drawing of a standing young person wearing a wide-brimmed cap tilted to one side, a collared shirt with a buttoned vest over it, and a jacket with textured shading; the figure has loose trousers with visible knee patches and large shoes, one hand hanging by the side and the other tucked behind the back, with crosshatched shadowing beneath the feet and a mostly blank background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A96_325

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Keywords

Street Boy 1840-1841 print costume print Standing young man Loose copy illustration book character sketches professions traditional costumes Dutch folk types 1841 Numbered 10 printmaker Henry Brown Netherlands 1840 - 1841 paper wood engraving height 275 mm x width 182 mm illustration in De Nederlanden posture appearance various social classes text esteemed writers engravings drawings prominent Dutch artists Hague poor professional clothes Period black white line drawing standing young person wearing wide-brimmed cap tilted side collared shirt buttoned vest jacket textured shading figure loose trousers visible knee patches large shoes hand hanging tucked back crosshatched shadowing beneath feet mostly blank background