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Sheet with Caricatures of Little People and the Wind Trade, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with caricatures of small people in the wind trade with a reference in the captions to Vianen. Four separate plates numbered 5-8 printed on one sheet. Plate 5: a small person in a dressing gown with a large mug. Plate 6: a small person with a large wig, hat in hand. Plate 7: a small person as an officer with a large feathered hat and a playing card in hand. Plate 8: a small person with a hat reading a roll of paper. These sheets 5-8 have a verse in ten lines in the caption. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 11) of Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trading of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBlad met karikaturen van kleine mensen en de windhandel, 1720. 1720. Joost van Sassen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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