Shipbuilder Jan Rijcksen and his wife Griet Jans Griet Jans enters the room to give her husband Jan Rijcksen a letter. With the compass still in hand; he accepts the letter. The design of a ship's keel is on the table in front of him. Caption in Dutch and French; shipbuilding industry; marriage; married couple; 'matrimonium'; Johannes Pieter de Frey (mentioned on object); Amsterdam; 1800; paper; etching; h 273 mm x w 315 mm