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Here You Have Twelve Pairs of Noses / Like Giants; To See Which Chicken They Resemble Best
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Here You Have Twelve Pairs of Noses / Like Giants; To See Which Chicken They Resemble Best

Johannes Kannewet (II) · 1725 - 1780 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 24 comic depictions of figures with large and deformed noses. Below each image, a two-line verse. Numbered in the upper right: *26.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printcaricatures (human types)
Credit lineHier hebje twaalf paar neusen / als reusen; Om eens de keyken / wie ze best gelyken. 1725 - 1780. Johannes Kannewet (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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