Identification title(s): worker wiping sweat from his forehead. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1935-1277. Catalog reference: rijksmuseum collection-1(2). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2166collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2760. Description: a standing man wipes his forehead with his left forearm. In his right hand he holds his hat and a spade. Behind him are six more workers, some machines and trees in a hilly landscape. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: johannes josephus aarts. Dating: 1881 - 1934. Physical characteristics: engraving and plate tone with corrections in pencil. Material: paper pencil technique: engraving (printing process) / plate tone. Dimensions: plate edge: h 328 mm × w 233 mm. Subject: what: working class, laborers sweating, perspiration resting - bb - out of doors. Acquisition: purchase 1935. Date: between 1881 and 1934.
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