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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.

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Title
 Nicolaas van der Waay, Reading orphan girl from the Amsterdam Municipal Orphanage, 19th century

Creator
 Van der Waay, Nicolaas (schilder)

Year
 18XX

Type
 schilderij, painting

Measurements
 69 x 43,5 cm.

Related term
 lezen, leesgedrag

Period
 19e eeuw

Classification
 K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding

Content
 Reading orphan girl from the Amsterdam municipal orphanage, recognisable from her stylish red and black uniform, painted by Nicolaas van der Waay (1855-1936). The girl is from a good home because the Amsterdam municipal orphanage did not accept foundlings or poor children. The orphans were given a good upbringing: because of the secularisation of ecclesiastical property during the Eighty Years' War, the orphanage had plenty financial resources for years to come.

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Amsterdam Rijksmuseum