A rat-catcher and his young assistant standing at a doorway are having their services refused by an old man; the rat-catcher holds a long stick with a cage on top containing rats, on his right shoulder sits a rat. Etching by F.J. Crome, 1817, after Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1632.

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A rat-catcher and his young assistant standing at a doorway are having their services refused by an old man; the rat-catcher holds a long stick with a cage on top containing rats, on his right shoulder sits a rat. Etching by F.J. Crome, 1817, after Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1632. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.