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The Little Man Puer Orcanius as a wild officer, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The Little Man Puer Orcanius as a wild officer with raised sword. Verses in German, French, and Dutch in the caption. Numbered right center: 33. Print within a decorative border printed from a separate plate with Chinese little people and a smoking little man with an opium pipe at the bottom. Part of Part II in 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 Puer Orcanius als woeste officier, 1720. 1716 - 1720. Fopje Folkema. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
