Catchpenny print (Dutch centsprent) is the name given to a type of cheap, mass-produced sheets printed on one side and illustrated with simple images, that were sold in the Netherlands in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The catchpenny prints can be regarded as source material for research of text and language; of the daily life of our ancestors plying trades (that have disappeared), children's games, transport, fashion, role patterns, housing and housekeeping; tilling the land, poverty and wealth; of values and standards and pedagogical views and of image with illustration techniques and styles.
Image Gallery
The Story of Little Red Riding Hood
The Fox and the Stork
Monkeys and dogs
See also
References
- Karin Vingerhoets, "Catchpenny prints in The Netherlands", Europeana blog.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Centsprenten.
- 1280 catchpenny prints from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek at the Hague
- Catchpennyprint collection at the Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience
- Catchpenny prints at the Stichting Geschiedenis Kinder- en Jeugdliteratuur
- Background on catchpenny prints on the Koniklijke Bibliotheek website (in Dutch)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.