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Zyne krachten te besteden, / Tot vermaak of nut der jeugd, / Is zoo er iets deugd mag heeten, / Toch hoe weinig ook een deugd
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Zyne krachten te besteden, / Tot vermaak of nut der jeugd, / Is zoo er iets deugd mag heeten, / Toch hoe weinig ook een deugd

Christiaan Cornelis Lucas van Staden · 1822 - 1870 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 9 depictions of professions. Visible are: a printer, a bookbinder, a basket maker, a carpenter, an apothecary, a smith, a sailmaker, a mason, and a painter painting the facade of a tobacco shop. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered in the upper right: No. 45.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printbookbindingprinting pressprinterbook-shop, bookseller
Credit lineZyne krachten te besteden, / Tot vermaak of nut der jeugd, / Is zoo er iets deugd mag heeten, / Toch hoe weinig ook een deugd. 1822 - 1870. Christiaan Cornelis Lucas van Staden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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