Bedroom with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Bedroom of the draftsman Jan Brandes with a bed and mosquito net, long-case clock and tricorne. On the floor are his son Jantje and Bietja, a slave, learning the alphabet. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 3.

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