KNOCKING OFF GOOSE HEADS and other children’s games Children’s games and humor were popular themes on the so called catchpenny prints or ‘centsprenten’ in Dutch. They have also been called children’s prints, ‘oortjes’ prints (in Dutch an oortje was a cent and a quarter), saints or ‘mannekesblaren’ (in Dutch: little fellows’ leaves). These cheap, sloppily colored
The history of the famous Peacock Map of Friesland is rather colourful and associated with the similarly colourful Peacock bird. The collective term is peafowl, a male a peacock, the female a peahen. Babies are peachicks. A group of peacocks is an “ostentation”, a “muster” or a “party”. A peahen has sensors in her crest
Het Snijden en Schilderen van Wajang – Poppen. Antique photograph(Cutting and Painting Wayang Shadow-Play puppets) Antique school board of Het Snijden en Schilderen van Wajang – Poppen, Taken c.1895 and published between 1912 and 1914 in Holland. This photograph depicting the Dutch East Indies was originally published as part of an information series for school
Antique photograph Antique school board of De Ontvezeling bij Manila Hennep Taken c.1895 and published between 1912 and 1914 in Holland. This photograph depicting the Dutch East Indies was originally published as part of an information series for school children. It consisted of 170 educational prints and covered a diverse range of subjects, separated into two parts:
Drenken der Paarden van de Ombiliekolenvelden Soeamtra Antique photograph. Antique school board of Drenken der Paarden van de Ombiliekolenvelden Soeamtra. Taken c.1895 and published between 1912 and 1914 in Holland. This photograph depicting the Dutch East Indies was originally published as part of an information series for school children. It consisted of 170
Onderwijzers, Kweekelingen en leerlingen te Buitenzorg, Antique photograph. Antique school board of Onderwijzers, Kweekelingen en leerlingen te Buitenzorg, Taken c.1895 and published between 1912 and 1914 in Holland. This photograph depicting the Dutch East Indies was originally published as part of an information series for school children. It consisted of 170 educational prints and covered
Antique Japanese woodblock prints from the 19th century by a well-known woodblock printmaker of the late Meiji period, Watanabe Nobukazu (1874-1944), titled ;Flight of the Chinese Army: Capturing Weapons (Shingun haisô gunki bundori no zu) depicting an illustration of the Chinese army that is held captive by the Japanese army during the First Sino Japanese War.
Karrentransport met Runderen Antique photograph Antique school board of Karrentransport met Runderen Taken c.1895 and published between 1912 and 1914 in Holland. This photograph depicting the Dutch East Indies was originally published as part of an information series for school children. It consisted of 170 educational prints and covered a diverse range of subjects, separated into
Wedrenen te Fort de Kock Antique photograph Antique school board of Wedrenen te Fort de Kock Taken c.1895 and published between 1912 and 1914 in Holland. This photograph depicting the Dutch East Indies was originally published as part of an information series for school children. It consisted of 170 educational prints and covered a diverse range
Tabakskerverij voor de inlandsche Markt Antique photograph Antique school board of Tabakskerverij voor de inlandsche Markt Taken c.1895 and published between 1912 and 1914 in Holland. This photograph depicting the Dutch East Indies was originally published as part of an information series for school children. It consisted of 170 educational prints and covered a diverse range
