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Title: [Kermis Brief / Fair Wish Card, 1856] B. de Goede. Beemster. Fair Wish card, dated 1856, 1 p.
Description: Decorative print employed as a wish card.Decorative frame depicting a number of young women picking flowers, cuddling a baby, sewing, spinning, and holding a flower wreath. At bottom center young women dancing in circle, holding hands. At center a blindfolded woman. Handwritten message in calligraphy by B. de Goede to her parents. With date and place: Beemster 27 Julij 1856. Numbered on the bottom right: N. 7.Nieuwjaarsprenten – wensen – Nieuwejaarswens – Paaswens – Pinksterwens – Kermiswens – kransen – decoratieve prenten met geschreven wensen – nieuwjaarsgedichtjes – wensbrieven – sierrand – schoonschrift – kalligrafie – calligrafie – calligraphy – nieuwjaarsbrieven – zegenwens – heilwens – kermisrijm – (wens)brief – schoolboy pieces – decorated writing sheets – Christmas sheets Handcolored lithography on paper; text in pen and dark brown ink; total: 432 x 340 mm; horizontal folding crease, frayed margins, some light staining; in good condition. Leontine Buijnsters-Smets 2005, img. 86, p. 130.

Keywords: Botanical|Calligraphy|Hand colored|New Year and Christmas wishes|Women