Thursday, December 24, 2009

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Isaak Ouwater, The Bookshop and Lottery Agency of Jan de Groot on Kalverstraat in Amsterdam, 1779

6 comments:

  1. Georgiana, your blog is really amazing, i suggest u to do advertisement of your blog in blogerzoom.com and see how ur blog get the publicity all over the networks..finally merry christmas to u......

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  2. My Dear Eric, you wouldn't be attempting to spam my blog would you? I've had it quite up to here with spammers today.

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  3. I am not sure what is happening in the picture - is it a riot? some sort of crowd thing? enlighten me, please!

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  4. The peoples want their lottery tickets!
    But I'll let the Rijksmuseum explain for me:
    ..the sale of lottery tickets for the 66th General Lottery has begun. Men, bent on obtaining a ticket, push and shove around the entrance....Ouwater was commissioned to paint this work by Jan de Groot, the owner of the bookshop and lottery agency.

    http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/SK-A-4026?lang=en

    The lottery was quite popular in the 18th century, at one point it revived the French economy! It was gambling after all.

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  5. I love this one!! I really want it in my house. You need to post more 'favorites'!

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  6. Oh don't worry I have plenty of favorites!

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