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Contemplate in this print a number of brave heroes, / Whose loyalty and courage, shown in the bloody field, / Sometimes boldly presented laws to their enemy; / If this picture pleases you, then we are already rewarded.
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Contemplate in this print a number of brave heroes, / Whose loyalty and courage, shown in the bloody field, / Sometimes boldly presented laws to their enemy; / If this picture pleases you, then we are already rewarded.

Johannis Waleson · 1814 - 1848 · 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 16 scenes of soldiers on horseback. Below each image a name and a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 57.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printrider, horsemanweapons
Credit lineBeschouw in deze prent een aantal dappere helden, / Wier trouw en dapperheid, in 't bloedig veld betoond, / Aan hunnen vijand soms de wetten stout voorstelde, / behaagt u dit tafereel, dan zyn wy reed. 1814 - 1848. Johannis Waleson. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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