![[B]ehold these children, and think how the things of the world / Go step by step, with many changes](https://thumbs.arkivism.com/rijks-RP-P-1903-A-24144.jpg)
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[B]ehold these children, and think how the things of the world / Go step by step, with many changes
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 16 depictions of childhood. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 35.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit line[Z]ie[t] hier dees kinders aan, en denkt hoe 's waerelds dingen / Al trapsgewys voortgaan, met veel veranderingen. 1831 - 1854. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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