Cartoon on the deception with a false scale of the firm C de Bruyn & Sons, 1834 The firm owned the first steam sugar refinery on the Lijnbaansgracht in Amsterdam On January 8, 1834, they were caught using a balance with one arm extended In the middle, the false balance hanging from the steam clouds coming out of the factory 'De Vijf Gebroeders' on which crates of sugar were weighed On the right C de Bruyn with his two sons In the clouds a bible quote, Cartoon on the deception of the firm of C de Bruyn & Sons, 1834 Steam Balance , print maker: anonymous, publisher: anonymous, Netherlands, 1834

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