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The French Little Man Overseas Political Spinner, 1716
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A Little Man as the French Overseas Politike Draayster. Verses in German, French, and Dutch in the caption. Print within a decorative border printed from a separate plate with little people and a goat. Numbered right center: 21. Part of the Dutch bound edition of 1716 of a series of caricatures of little people, known as Het Dwergentooneel, copied from an older German model.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe Franse kleine mens Over-seese Politike Draayster, 1716. 1716. Joost van Sassen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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