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The images here shown in print / Reveal that fashion dwells in everything. / You can with these trifles, / O youth! delight your eye and mind
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The images here shown in print / Reveal that fashion dwells in everything. / You can with these trifles, / O youth! delight your eye and mind

Jan Oortman (Sr.) · 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 16 depictions of figures wearing strange hats, wigs and fine clothes in different situations. Below each image a caption. Numbered top right: No. 181.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printfashion, clothingwig
Credit lineDe afbeeldsels, hier in prent vertoond, / Doen zien dat mode in alles woont. / Gy kunt met deeze snaakeryen, / ô jeugd! uw oog en geest verblyen. 1806 - 1830. Jan Oortman (Sr.). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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