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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
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 12 depictions of various occupations, such as basket weaving, smoking, and playing cards. Under each image a four-line poem. Numbered top right: No. 62.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKinderen wilt vlijtig leeren, / Dan zal men u deez' print verëeren, / Wläan 't gebruik is u gegund, / Wijl gij er steeds uit leeren kunt. 1818 - 1828. W. van Bergen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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