Cartoon on the deception of the company C. de Bruyn & Zonen, 1834, Steam Balance (title on object), Cartoon on the deception with a false scale of the company C. de Bruyn & Zonen, 1834. The company 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 center is the false balance hanging from the steam clouds coming from the 'De Vijf Gebroeders' factory and on which crates of sugar are weighed. Right C. de Bruyn with his two sons. In the clouds a Bible quote., print, print maker: anonymous

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