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Cartoon on contemporary poetry, 1860
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Cartoon on contemporary poetry, 1860

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans · 1860 · lithography; paper

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

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Satirical print on contemporary poetry. A poet with a lyre under his arm climbs to a stork's nest. The stork whispers a verse into his ear. Plate published in the weekly De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 8, 25 February 1860.

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Credit lineSpotprent op de hedendaagse dichtkunst, 1860. 1860. Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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