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These prints are pretty and well / There are sixteen on one sheet
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These prints are pretty and well / There are sixteen on one sheet

Jan de Lange (I) · 1758 - 1787 · 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 various animals, such as a crocodile, an elephant, an elk, and a dragon. Under each image, a two-line verse. Numbered top right: N. 37.

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Credit lineDeze prenten mooy en wel / Zijn 'er zestien op een vel. 1758 - 1787. Jan de Lange (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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