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Human figures with the faces of animals are crowded in a room and one figure standing by the open door is addressing the cat woman who is holding a glass. Engraving by Toms after E. Heemskerck.
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Human figures with the faces of animals are crowded in a room and one figure standing by the open door is addressing the cat woman who is holding a glass. Engraving by Toms after E. Heemskerck.

Egbert van Heemskerck

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Alas poor whore, thou art fairly trap'd, Tho' by thy spark so sweetly lap'd, And for thy midnight vice and folly, Your fate is now to mill your dolly. ... ; E. Heemskerck invt. et pinx. ; Toms sculp.

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