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Cartoon on the call by the Royal Academy to search for remains of national art, 1860
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Cartoon on the call by the Royal Academy to search for remains of national art, 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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Satire on the call by the Royal [Dutch] Academy of Sciences to search for remains of national art and civilization. Various persons carry old worthless items to a commission of the Academy. Plate published in the weekly De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 47, 24 November 1860.

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Credit lineSpotprent op de oproep van de Koninklijke Akademie tot het opsporen van overblijfsels van de vaderlandse kunst, 1860. 1860. Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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