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If you wish to enjoy these delights, / Then set your mind on these prints, / Suitable for your amusement, O youth! / And join your love of reading to your joy
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 24 representations of various kinds, including street vendors and playing children. Under each image a six-line verse. Numbered top right: No 204.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineZoo ge aardigheden wilt beminnen, / Zet op deez' prentjes dan uw zinnen, / Tot uw vermaak geschikt, ô jeugd! / En voeg uw leeslust by uw vreugd. 1833 - 1900. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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