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The six pairs of sketches in this print tableau wish to show / What one comes to witness from the beginning of the year / Until the end, and what happens in each month, / As you, O youth! see here in this twelve-month series
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The six pairs of sketches in this print tableau wish to show / What one comes to witness from the beginning of the year / Until the end, and what happens in each month, / As you, O youth! see here in this twelve-month series

A. Robyn · 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 12 depictions of the twelve months of the year, with activities or events associated with the respective month. Under each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 196.

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Credit lineHet zespaar schetsen in dit prenttafreel wil toonen, / Wat men van 't aanbegin des jaars komt by te woonen, / Tot aan het einde, en wat in elke maand geschiedt, / Gelyk ge, ô jeugd! hier in dit twaalf. 1806 - 1830. A. Robyn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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