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Professions and Occupations
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 12 depictions of various professions and activities, such as basket weaving, smoking, and playing cards. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 24.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBeroepen en bezigheden. 1807. W. van Bergen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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Children, strive to learn diligently, / Then this print will be honored for you, / Since the use is granted to you, / Because you can always learn from it
Children, do study diligently, / Then I will present this print to you, / Well, the use is granted to you, / Since you can always learn from it
Children, do study diligently, / Then I will present this print to you, / Well, the use is granted to you, / Since you can always learn from it
Trades and Crafts
Miss Alida, whose thoughts / Are proud and spiteful in love, / Is cleverly deceived, as she gets Jan / The chimney sweep as a husband
See, dear children! when you rest from learning, / Certainly you will desire more of this kind; / This pretty print, and read the verses with understanding, / Well now, lightly we take this task up again