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Come here now, pure children / and read these birds all / You have with great and small / here a hundred in number
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 24 depictions, each showing four winged animals, such as birds, an owl, a bat, and a butterfly, the so-called Great Birdcage. Below each depiction the names of the animals. Numbered top center: 36.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKomt hier nu kinders reyn / en lees dees vogels al / Gy hebt met groot en kleyn / hier hondert in 't getal. 1765 - 1767. weduwe Hendrik van der Putte. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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