Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A rat-catcher in Haarlem with a rat running across his cape, holds out rat poison in his left hand; to the left a boy assistant carries a cage on a long stick with rats in it and hanging off it. Engraving after C. Visscher.
A rat-catcher in Haarlem with a rat running across his cape, holds out rat poison in his left hand; to the left a boy assistant carries a cage on a long stick with rats in it and hanging off it. Engraving after C. Visscher.
Wellcome Collection

A rat-catcher in Haarlem with a rat running across his cape, holds out rat poison in his left hand; to the left a boy assistant carries a cage on a long stick with rats in it and hanging off it. Engraving after C. Visscher.

Cornelis de Visscher

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Wie wilder wie salder, rotte kruïst koope. kruïst voor de muïss. ; Cornelis Visscher deliniavit ; Justus Danckerts excudit.

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