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Children, this print contains things; may you gather joy and benefit from it
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Children, this print contains things; may you gather joy and benefit from it

Broese & Comp. · 1828 - 1853 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with 12 scenes of fairground attractions, including a menagerie, a tightrope walker, and a dancing bear. Below each scene a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 9.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printropery, rope-walk
Credit lineKindren deez' prent bevat zaken, / Wilt er vreugden en nut uit rapen. 1828 - 1853. Broese & Comp.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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