Bankruit van A Shoe Lapper, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1775 print The show is based on an anecdote that the artist came to our Ore. A shoelapper in London thinks he has found a way to get rich. When a lakei brings him a few boots, he retreats to his store and lets the man wait a long time. Then he comes out and agrees a price with the lakei ('50 pour cents') after which he throws out a boot and keeps the other. paper etching shoe-maker, cobbler. manservant, footman. human figure at (open) window, seen from outside London

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