Gallery›Wellcome Collection›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.
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.
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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.

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Lettering: Fele fugas muzes! magnis si furibus arrces exiguos fuzes furor est me zespice vilis si modo numus adest muzes felesque fugabo. ; C. Visscher inv et sculp

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