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Do you wish to study these prints, with their verses / You will surely learn no little good from them
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Do you wish to study these prints, with their verses / You will surely learn no little good from them

Gerrit Oortman · 1806 - 1830 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 16 scenes from stories of Aesop's Fables. Under each image a six-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 177.

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Credit lineWil deeze prentjens, met hun versjens, bestudeeren / Gy zult 'er zekerlyk niet weinig goeds uit leeren. 1806 - 1830. Gerrit Oortman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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