Nieuwjaarswens van de Amsterdamse courantombrengers voor het jaar 1857 Courant-ombrengers Nieuwjaars-Wensch 1857 (titel op object), RP-P-OB-87.832, Auguste Pontenier, between 1856 and 1857

Identification title(s): new year's wish from the amsterdam newspaper bringers for the year 1857. Newspaper bringers new year's wish (. . ) 1857 (title on object). Object type: print new year's greeting object number: rp-p-ob-87. 832. Catalog reference: fmh 6361-al. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: new year's greeting on behalf of the killers of newspapers (newspaper deliverers) in amsterdam for the year 1857. At the top three vignettes taken from books, with a central mythological scene entitled 'human life', on the left the rejection of hagar and ishmael, on the right ruth and naomi. At the bottom a poem in three columns. From the current bringer: wed. Martijns. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: auguste pontenier (mentioned on object) printer: widow c. Kok-van kolm (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: france, printer: amsterdam. Dating: 1856 - 1857. Physical characteristics: letterpress text with wood engraving. Material: paper technique: letterpress / wood engraving. Dimensions: top: h 490 mm × w 395 mm. Subject: what: hagar and ishmael (often with bow and arrow) departthe story of ruth, the moabitess. When: 1857 - 1857. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: between 1856 and 1857.