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Five scenes with English proverbs
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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On the print five proverbs are illustrated: He who would have a hare for breakfast must hunt overnight / A tree is known by the fruit not by the leaves. Every man is best known to himself / It's an ill air where nothing is to be gain'd. It is an ill wind that blows no one good / A bean in liberty is better than a comfit in prison. Life is half spent before we know what it is. Poverty is the mother of health / Who would be a Gentleman let him storm a town. It is not the gay coat makes the Gentleman.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVijf voorstellingen met Engelse spreekwoorden. 1824. Henry Alken (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
