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In this print, O young people, / You can see many occupations; / It will constantly awaken our diligence, / If it can serve as true pleasure for you
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 8 depictions of craftsmen and professions, such as a statue seller, a basket seller, and a gardener. Under each image a four-line poem. Numbered top right: No. 65.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineIn deze print ô jonge lien, / Kunt gy veel bezigheden zien; / 't zal onze vlyt geduurig wekken, / Zoo 't uw tot waar vermaak kan strekken. 1818 - 1828. W. van Bergen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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