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Rural Family Scene (1839)

Life in large peasant households, where several generations often lived under the same roof, was based on age-old roles and patterns, as this image suggests. Lithograph by G. Bormann, 1839.

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Rural Family Scene (1839)

Original: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz