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Satirical print on the Amsterdam police
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Five depictions of the Amsterdam police, numbered 1 to 5, in the past and future. Top left: A man with a stab wound on his head, circa 1800. Top center: A man in a top hat talking to a man in a cap and flag, circa 1850. Right: A man with boots and a helmet on his head, circa 1881. Middle left: A man on horseback with a second man fleeing beneath him, circa 1900. Bottom center: An armored figure on an armored bicycle with a cannon at the rear, circa 1950.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSpotprent op de Amsterdamse politie. in or before 1887. Willem Steelink (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
