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Title

 Klaas Langenakker, news vendor in Leiden, ca. 1798


Creator

 P. Kikkert (graveur/engraver)


Year

 1798


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Measurements

 16 x 11 cm.


Related term

 distribueren, krantenbezorgers, krantenombrengers


Period

 18e eeuw


Classification

 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij, L: Journalistiek, persgeschiedenis


Content

 Portrait of Klaas Langenakker, 'prominent news vendor in Leyden', at the end of the 18th century. News vendors sold newspapers in the streets. In the accompanying text Langenakker is called 'the most down-to-earth and industrious person' and 'the liveliest man from Leyden', who plied his trade in all weather, a stack of newspapers in one hand, a cane in the other.


Original

 P. Kikkert - Proeve van ets-kundige uitspanning, of verzameling van plaatjens [...] met bijgevoegde verhandelingen , de teken- en etskunde betreffende. - [S.l.: s.n., 1797], p. 79


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1307 E 12


@description

 Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek