A boy seated at a street corner at night selling boxes of matches from a tray on his lap. Wood engraving by R. Bong, 1890.

Date:
[1890]
Reference:
29636i
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Apparently a matchboy or "Streichholzverkäufer"selling matches. The source of illumination seems to be a candle in his tray, despite the risk of setting the matches alight

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1890] (Magdeburg)

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 23 x 16 cm

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At the street corner. R. Bong. X.A. Supplement to "The salon" December 1890

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"X.A." stands for Xylographische Anstalt

Reference

Wellcome Collection 29636i

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