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Entertaining alphabet
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Entertaining alphabet

anonymous · 1800 - 1849 · wood engraving; hand coloring; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with twelve illustrations of a letter of the alphabet (A to L) and a character type. The depicted types include, among others: Harlequin, Don Quixote, flycatcher, and drunkard. Numbered top right: No. 1. Subject categories within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Education and Sciences, Upbringing and Education, Hornbooks and school prints.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printcaricatures (human types)letters, alphabet, script
Credit lineVermakelijk alfabet. 1800 - 1849. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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