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Look here, dear, good children! what treasures I have prepared; / Help yourselves; but beware, beware, of the lean greed (...) / How, you laugh! and why do you laugh? do I not give abundance? / But you laugh, do you not? because you must eat with your eyes
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Look here, dear, good children! what treasures I have prepared; / Help yourselves; but beware, beware, of the lean greed (...) / How, you laugh! and why do you laugh? do I not give abundance? / But you laugh, do you not? because you must eat with your eyes

Johan Noman · 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 18 depictions of street vendors, such as an egg seller, a cauliflower seller, and a mustard seller. Six-line verse under each image. Numbered upper right: No. 287.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printnewsboy, newsmanstreet-tradermerchant, salesman
Credit lineZie eens, lieve, graage kindren! wat al kostjens 'k heb bereid; / Tast vry toe; maar wacht u, wacht u, voor de maagre gulzigheid (...).. / Hoe, gy lacht! en waarom lacht gy? geef ik dan geen overvloed. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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