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The Little Man Petrus Dorlandus as a Whaler, 1716
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The Little Person Ridder der Adeldoms as a hussar. Verses in German, French, and Dutch in the caption. Print within a decorative frame printed from a separate plate with at the bottom a little person doing a somersault. Numbered right center: 12. Part of the Dutch bound edition from 1716 of a series of caricatures of little people, known as The Dwarf Theatre, copied from an older German model.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe kleine mens Ridder der Adeldoms als huzaar, 1716. 1716. Andries van Buysen (Sr.). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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