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Of all the letters placed on the letter list, you will find under each one a thing that the image tells you. You can, O youth, thus learn to spell the name, or read it, to place in this useful amusement
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 24 depictions of the letters of the alphabet illustrated with objects, animals, and figures whose words begin with the respective letter. Below each image an inscription. Numbered top left: No. 19.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVan al de letters, op de letterlijst gesteld. / Vind he onder elk een zaak, die u 't afbeeld meld. / Gij kunt, ô jeugd den naam daar van dus leeren spellen, / Of leezen, om hier in een nut vermaak te . 1823 - 1851. Palier & Zoon, H.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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