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According to country style and fashion taste / One sees in this print many a fool. / What each will be in portrait, / You, O youth! can read below
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According to country style and fashion taste / One sees in this print many a fool. / What each will be in portrait, / You, O youth! can read below

Johan Noman · 1806 - 1830 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with 8 depictions of figures from different countries. Under each image a two-line verse. Numbered at the upper right: No. 245.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printEuropeansAsiatic races and peoplesChinesehuman typesAfricans
Credit lineNaar landaarts wys en modes smaak / Ziet men in prent hier menig snaak. / Wat ieder zal in beeldnis weezen, / Kunt gy, ô jeugd! daar onder leezen. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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