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See, Children! What We Wish to Teach You, / If You Wish to Behave Well in the World, / As This Print Tells You Itself, / Do Nothing Wrong, But Everything Right
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See, Children! What We Wish to Teach You, / If You Wish to Behave Well in the World, / As This Print Tells You Itself, / Do Nothing Wrong, But Everything Right

Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis · 1715 - 1813 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with 36 scenes of the upside-down world, in which animals behave like humans, among others. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 66.

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Credit lineZiet, kindren! wat men u wil leeren, / Wilt ge in de waereld wel verkeeren, / Daar deeze prent het zelf u zegt, / Doet niets verkeerd, maar alles recht. 1715 - 1813. Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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