The Village Clerk by Albert Anker (1874)

Elderly man in a knit cap and glasses reads a letter at a cluttered desk, a quill pen in his mouth, with stacked ledgers behi

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An elderly man in a knit cap and spectacles sits at a cluttered wooden desk, holding a letter up to read while a quill pen rests between his teeth. Papers, an inkwell, sealing wax and a candle surround him, and shelves stacked with ledgers fill the background. The painting is titled The Village Clerk, is attributed to Albert Anker, and is dated 1874.

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1874

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain