Beggars in the East and West Indies, Bedel and Slaughter-Pap Deities of Mexicans, Prêtres mendians et Sacrifians aux Divinitea des Mexiquains (title on object), Les Indes Orientales et Occidentales et autres lieux (series title), Landscape with beggars who try to persuade people to give alms mainly by arousing pity. They threaten to do something to themselves. For example, on the right a man stabs himself in the chest. Another man clad in tiger skin drinks dregs from a pot. Another man, after refusing, cuts off his own head. This head is then shown to the people by another man. In the foreground Japanese beggars. Old men and children are carried in baskets tied to oxen with ropes and sticks. With a legend in Dutch and French. The print is part of an album., print maker: Romeyn de Hooghe, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I) (mentioned on object), Leiden, 1682 - 1733, paper, etching, height 196 mm × width 314 mm
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Beggars, East, West Indies, Bedel, Slaughter-Pap Deities, Mexicans, Prêtres mendians et Sacrifians aux Divinitea des Mexiquains, Les Indes Orientales et Occidentales et autres lieux, series title, Landscape, beggars, try, persuade people, give alms mainly, arousing pity, threaten, do something, themselves, example, right, man stabs, chest, Another man clad, tiger skin drinks dregs, pot, Another man, refusing, cuts off, own head, head, shown, people, another man, foreground Japanese beggars, Old men, children, carried, baskets tied, oxen, ropes, sticks, legend, Dutch, French, print, part, album, print maker, Romeyn de Hooghe, publisher, Pieter van der Aa, I, mentioned, Leiden, 1682, 1733, paper, etching, height 196 mm, width 314 mm
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