Spotprent in Leidse studentenalmanak, 1861 1861

"Na het Examen" (After the Exam), a lithograph by Johan Hendrik Hoffmeister, is a satirical illustration from the 1861 Leidse studentenalmanak (Leiden student yearbook). The image depicts a student in bed, exhausted after a grueling exam, with a series of fantastical and humorous scenes surrounding him. Hoffmeister’s work captured the absurdity of student life and the anxieties associated with academic pressure. This is a great example of 19th-century Dutch satirical printmaking and student humor.