Engraving and text from The costume of the Netherlands
After drawings from Miss Semple - Ackermann London - 1817

 

Group at the fair at Rotterdam.

Although there may be many wbo would find small gratification in eating gherkins or cucumbers and hard eggs together, it appears that the Dutch think them great dainties, as numbers assemble every evening, after candle-light, round tables where they are sold, and regale themselves with tbese delicacies.
The child in the woman’s arms, shewed great eagerness to have her share, in which she was no doubt indulged.
Her dress was, like ail Dutch childrens, made precisely like her mother’s ; and the ample allowance of stuff, in the width of the petticoat, not forgotten

 

Nice street scene in 1800 in Rotterdam - The young woman carrying the little girl is not wearing the traditional hat and is therefore showing the cap around her hair, which is put on under the hat. (Editor's notes)
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