De dwerg Doctor Rocus Tabacius, 1720 1718 - 1720

"De dwerg Doctor Rocus Tabacius" is an engraving by Dutch artist Joost van Sassen, created between 1718 and 1720. The artwork depicts a caricature of a man, possibly a doctor, wearing a large hat and smoking a pipe. The engraving is a satirical commentary on the Dutch tobacco trade, with the man's exaggerated features and the text below the image referencing tobacco merchants in Virginia and Brazil. This humorous and critical approach is characteristic of satirical engravings of the period.