A room in a house in North-Holland, in which a young woman cuts a root vegetable next to the window. Line engraving by P.G. Langlois, 1782, after D. van Tol.

An old shoemaker is stitching a boot as a young woman leans over him holding a jug in her hand. Engraving by P. Duflos, 1778 after D. van Tol.

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