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Here you have eight pieces of strange nonsense, / Who get their living with begging
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Here you have eight pieces of strange nonsense, / Who get their living with begging

1830 - 1860 · 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 8 depictions of various figures, such as a flute player, a man without feet and a woman who sings through a trumpet. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered in the upper left: No. 121.

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Credit lineHier heb je agt stuks raare snaaken, / Die met beedel' aan de kost geraaken. 1830 - 1860. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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