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Unexpected tenderness
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Unexpected tenderness

Willy Sluiter · 1917-06-09 · lithography; paper

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

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Cornelis van Aalst, president-director of the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij, as a wet nurse, and Johannes van Heutsz, former Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, as the father, look on tenderly as the child 'Indies' wakes in the cradle. On the wall a portrait of Jan Pietersz. Coen. Satirical cartoon on Dutch colonial politics, 9 June 1917.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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cartoonprintJan Pietersz. CoenJohannes Benedictus van HeutszCornelis Johannes Karel van AalstNederlandse Handelsmaatschappijcradle, cribcolonial government
Credit lineOnverwachte teederheid. 1917-06-09. Willy Sluiter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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