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Behold, O dear youth! from the distant East, / Many peoples gathered together, each in their costume, / Tartar and Arab, Armenians, Kalmyks, / You will find, for your amusement, now brought together here
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Behold, O dear youth! from the distant East, / Many peoples gathered together, each in their costume, / Tartar and Arab, Armenians, Kalmyks, / You will find, for your amusement, now brought together here

Lutkie & Cranenburg · 1848 - 1881 · letterpress printing; wood engraving; colour; paper

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

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Sheet with 12 depictions of various figures from the East. Below each image an inscription. Numbered at the top center: No. 39.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printAsiatic races and peopleshuman typescharacters (human types)
Credit lineZie hier, o lieve jeugd! van uit het verre Oosten, / Veel volkeren bij een, elk in zijn kleederdragt, / Tartaar en Arabier, Armeniers, Kalmukken, / Vindt gij, tot uw vermaak, hier nu te zaam gebragt. 1848 - 1881. Lutkie & Cranenburg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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