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It is all you see in this print, O youth! / With you, who certainly rejoice in yourself therein. / Only to make the nose-set ridiculous, / Then cheer your spirit with these strange fools
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It is all you see in this print, O youth! / With you, who certainly rejoice in yourself therein. / Only to make the nose-set ridiculous, / Then cheer your spirit with these strange fools

Noman & Zoon, Johan · 1830 - 1892 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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Leaf with 16 comic depictions of figures with large and deformed noses. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered in the upper right corner: No. 203.

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printpopular printcaricatures (human types)
Credit line't Is alles wat gy ziet in deeze prent, ô jeugd! / By u, die zekerlyk u zelf daarin verheugt. / Alleen om 't neuzenstel belagchelyk te maaken, / Vervrolyk dan uw geest met deeze raare snaaken. 1830 - 1892. Noman & Zoon, Johan. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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