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When you know, as is well known, that Munchausen once lodged in the moon [(...)]
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When you know, as is well known, that Munchausen once lodged in the moon [(...)]

M. Hemeleers-van Houter · 1827 - 1894 · 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 depictions of monkeys on the moon behaving like humans. Under each image, a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No 118.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printmonkeys, apes
Credit lineToen Munchhaus zoo u is bekend, / Eens in de maan logeerde [(...)]. 1827 - 1894. M. Hemeleers-van Houter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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