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Here you see triumphantly prancing, the finest noses in the country. / Here you see, my Anais, the prettiest noses in the country.
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Here you see triumphantly prancing, the finest noses in the country. / Here you see, my Anais, the prettiest noses in the country.

P.J. Delhuvenne · 1842 - 1856 · 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 comic scenes of figures with large and deformed noses. Below each scene a two-line verse in Dutch and French. Numbered at the top center: N. 17.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printcaricatures (human types)physiognomy
Credit lineHier ziet gy pronken in triomphant, de schoonste neuzen van het land. / lei vous voyez, mos anaïs, les plus jolis nez du pays.. 1842 - 1856. P.J. Delhuvenne. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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