A rat-catcher in Haarlem with a rat running along his cape holds out rat poison in his right hand; to the right a boy assistant carries a cage on a long stick with rats in and hanging off it. Etching by C. Visscher after himself.

  • Visscher, Cornelis, 1629-1658.
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A rat-catcher in Haarlem with a rat running along his cape holds out rat poison in his right hand; to the right a boy assistant carries a cage on a long stick with rats in and hanging off it. Etching by C. Visscher after himself. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : etching ; image 34.9 x 30.6 cm

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Fele fugas mures! magnis si furibus arrces exiguos fures furor est me respice vilis si modo numus adest mures felesque fugabo. ; C. Visscher inv et sculp

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Wellcome Collection 38165i

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