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Satirical print on the investigation into teredo worms by Prof. W. Vrolik, 1860
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Satirical print on the investigation into teredo worms by Prof. W. Vrolik, 1860

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans · 1860 · lithography; paper

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Satirical print on the investigation into shipworms by Professor Willem Vrolik. On the left Vrolik examines the wooden piles of a jetty; on the right he is attacked by shipworms. Plate published in the weekly De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 11, 17 March 1860.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSpotprent op het onderzoek naar paalwormen door Prof. W. Vrolik, 1860. 1860. Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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