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Fishermen going off to fish by the light of the moon. Engraving by T. Major, 1753, after A. van der Neer.

People are skating on a frozen village pond, two are being pushed in sledges, and one person has fallen over on the ice. Etching after A. Van der Neer.

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Aert van der Neer

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Fishermen going off to fish by the light of the moon. Engraving by T. Major, 1753, after A. van der Neer.

People are skating on a frozen village pond, two are being pushed in sledges, and one person has fallen over on the ice. Etching after A. Van der Neer.