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Wherever you rule / there stands the seafaring men / As this print depicts / in the kingdom of monkeys
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 4 scenes of monkeys behaving like humans. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: *88.
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Credit lineWaat zothyd heerst / daar staat het zeer manschapen / Zo als deze prent verbeeld / in 't rijk der apen. 1725 - 1780. Johannes Kannewet (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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