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No better beast for rats and mice / Than a pretty cat in your house. / For it sniffs out all corners / To find this vermin
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No better beast for rats and mice / Than a pretty cat in your house. / For it sniffs out all corners / To find this vermin

Jan Hendriksen · 1781 - 1828 · 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 a large depiction of a cat. In the lower margin an eight-line verse in two columns. Numbered top left: No. 28.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printcat
Credit lineGeen nutter dier voor rot en muis / Als een mooi katje in uw huis. / Want het doorsnuffeld alle hoeken / om dit gedierte op te zoeken. 1781 - 1828. Jan Hendriksen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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