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Come, children, buy this print, it will surely amuse you, / Here you have again a selection of all kinds of things, / Children's toys are depicted here, / Shared for your benefit and pleasure
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 16 depictions of children's games, such as kite flying, hoop rolling and fishing. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top left: No. 24.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKom, kind'ren, koop deez' prent zy zal uw wis vermaken, / Hier hebt gy wêêr een keur van allerhande zaken, / Het kinder speelgoed ziet gy hier by afgebeeld, / Het word, voor u tot nut en vermaak meége. 1781 - 1828. Jan Hendriksen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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