Identification title(s): company under a colonnade. Object type: picture book illustration object number: rp-p-1908-4391. Inscriptions / marks: inscription, verso center left, handwritten in pencil: 'from aurora 1870' collector's mark, verso center right, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: an old man sits at a table full of books and stationery in a colonnade overlooking buildings in classical style. His coat, hat and bag hang from his chair. A woman offers him something, watched by a younger woman with a baby in her arm and a basket of flowers on her head. A girl sits on the floor, leaning on a basket. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: hendrik d. Jzn sluyter (mentioned on object), after a design by: karel frans philippeau (mentioned on object), publisher: j. H. Laarman (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Dating: in or before 1870. Physical features: steel engraving and etching. Material: paper technique: steel engraving / etching. Dimensions: top: h 100 mm × w 160 mm. Explanation: print appears in: w. J. Hofdijk (ed. ) aurora; yearbook for 1870. Amsterdam: j. H. Laarman, 1870. Subject: what: writing accessoriesbookcut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowersarm stretched forward (+ holding something). Credit line: donation from mr. Burger. Acquisition: donation 1908. Date: in of voor 1870.
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