Author: Roos, Cornelius Stephanus (Amsterdam 1845 - 1882)
Title: 'DE BARBAARSCHE KOK of Het noodlottig einde eener gedeserteerde Poes'. 1880
Description: A 16 line hand-written satirical poem 'De barbaarsche kok' (The barbaric cook) surrounded by four illustrations. The narrative begins with a woman asking her neigbour, a cook, if he has seen her cat. It ends with the cook deciding to use the animal for one of his dishes. C.S. Roos was a glass-painter and art teacher in Amsterdam (Lit.: Scheen). l Pen and brown ink on transparent brown paper, 255 x 155 mm. Signed and dated lower right 'C.S. Roos. 1880'. Small holes in lower part of the image (possibly because of chemical damage), very slight traces of folding, but otherwise fine.

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