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Title page for the pamphlet: Hansop op de Koord, 1701
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Title page for the pamphlet: Hansop op de Koord, 1701

Romeyn de Hooghe · 1701 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

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

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A broken cord between two poles, on the ground lie moaning monkeys. In the middle, a man trying to strike the fleeing king of France (depicted with a feathered headdress as the original inhabitant of America), on the right, a man with a plucked chicken (France).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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titelpaginaprintmonkeys, apestight-ropewalkerNative peoples of the Americas
Credit lineTitelpagina voor het pamflet: Hansop op de Koord, 1701. 1701. Romeyn de Hooghe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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