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A Gudgeon, Carp, Perch, a Flounder, or a Shad; / It is good food, but who has ever eaten a Horn?
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A Gudgeon, Carp, Perch, a Flounder, or a Shad; / It is good food, but who has ever eaten a Horn?

Wijsmuller, Erve · 1558 · 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 six depictions of fish: bream, gudgeon, perch, plaice, and roach, and a shell. Below each image: the name of the fish according to this print. Numbered upper right: No. 16.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printshell fisheryfishes
Credit lineEen grundel, karper, baars, een scholletje of een voren, / 't Is als goede kost, maar wie at ooit een horen?. 1558. Wijsmuller, Erve. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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