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The Little Man John Skinner, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Portrait of the English Little Man John Skinner, born in Plymouth in 1663. Verses in German, French, and Dutch in the caption. Numbered: C. 1 Deel. Print within a decorative border printed from a separate plate with vines and harlequins. Part of the second Dutch bound edition of 1720 (related to the Windhandel of that year) of a series of caricatures of little people, known as Het Dwergentooneel, partly copied from an older German model.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe kleine mens John Skinner, 1720. 1718 - 1720. Pieter van Buysen jr.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
