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Title: Centsprent: Hoe moed en trouw, gepaard aan list, / Weleer de Groot te redden wist; / En hoe hij vlugtte als metselaar, / Wordt ge in deez’ fraaije prent gewaar, no. 32.
Description: Catchpenny print. Popular print showing the escape of Hugo de Groot (Grotius) from Loevestein Castle, highlighting his wife’s courage and loyalty combined with Elsje’s clever ruse of smuggling him out in a book chest.Rotterdam, T. J. Wijnhoven-Hendriksen (1819 - 1849); via J. C. Post, whose address is mentioned on the print: ‘Te Leeuwarden, bij J.C. Post’, Leeuwarden; numbered ‘No. 32.’ in upper right corner. l 12 woodcut illustrations (each ca. 50 x 70 mm) on paper; hand coloured in blue and red; under each image a 2-line verse, narrating the story; total: 400 x 330 mm; Pro Patria Watermark; folded twice, small tears along the folds and edges; a few light stains.Meyer p. 343, Boerma p. 839-840 (Wijnhoven 32).

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