Boer die zijn zeis wet, RP-T-1964-236-16, Willem Witsen, ca. 1884 - ca. 1887

Identification title(s): farmer sharpening his scythe. Object type: sketchbook sheet object number: rp-t-1964-236-16. Description: page 16 from a sketchbook with 42 leaves made around the ewijkshoeve. Manufacture. Manufacturer: illustrator: willem witsen. Place of manufacture: ewijkshoeve. Dating: ca. 1884 - ca. 1887. Physical features: black chalk. Material: paper chalk explanationpreliminary study for the etching 'farmer who wets his scythe', ca. 1886. Subject: what: cultivation ~ agriculturefarmersagricultural implements: scythe. Credit line: loan from the willem witsenhuis. Acquisition: loan 1964. Date: ca. 1884 - ca. 1887.