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[If You See This New World / It Is All] Wrong and Comes to Nothing
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[If You See This New World / It Is All] Wrong and Comes to Nothing

Johannes Kannewet (II) · 1725 - 1780 · 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 36 depictions about the wrong world, where among other things animals behave like humans. Below each depiction an inscription. Numbered top right: 62.

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Credit line[Als gy dees nieuwe wereld ziet / 't is al] verkeerd en raakt tot niet. 1725 - 1780. Johannes Kannewet (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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