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All That Gladly Lives on the Beggar's Bag / Therefore the Crippled Bishop Has Many Servants / It Mostly Goes Crippled on Both Sides / Those Who Avoid the Right Path for a Fat Prize
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All That Gladly Lives on the Beggar's Bag / Therefore the Crippled Bishop Has Many Servants / It Mostly Goes Crippled on Both Sides / Those Who Avoid the Right Path for a Fat Prize

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 16 medallions depicting beggars with physical disabilities and monstrous fantasy creatures. Below each image, a two-line verse. Numbered in the upper right: *44.

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Credit lineAl dat op den bedel-zak geerne leeft / Daarom den kreupelen bisschop veel diennaars heeft / 't Gaat meest al kreupel op beyde zijden / Die om een vette proef den regte gange mijden. 1725 - 1780. Johannes Kannewet (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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