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To satisfy your thirst for learning, behold your familiar and strange animals, offered for contemplation (...)
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To satisfy your thirst for learning, behold your familiar and strange animals, offered for contemplation (...)

Jan Hendriksen · 1781 - 1828 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 25 depictions of the letters of the alphabet illustrated with animals whose words begin with the respective letter. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top left: No. 80.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printletters, alphabet, script
Credit lineOm uw leerlust bot te vieren / Ziet ge / u bekende en vreemde dieren / Die / ter beschouwing aangeboon (...). 1781 - 1828. Jan Hendriksen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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