Meisje en jongen op een kade c. 1847 - 1863

"Meisje en jongen op een kade" ("Girl and Boy on a Quay"), a lithograph by Cornelis Petrus 't Hoen, depicts a young girl carrying a basket on her head, a boy sitting with a basket, and a ship in the distance. The artist's use of fine lines creates a delicate, detailed portrait of a slice of daily life for children in 19th-century Netherlands. The work's modest dimensions, 311 mm in height by 240 mm in width, hint at the artist's focus on intimate observations of everyday subjects.