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Take heed, children! and observe / How flax and linen are processed
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Take heed, children! and observe / How flax and linen are processed

Christiaan Jacob Schuyling · 1820 - 1838 · 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 16 scenes of harvesting, threshing, and processing flax and linseed. Each image has a two-line verse below. Numbered top right: No. 12.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printfarmersweaving-loomweavingagriculture
Credit lineLet wel, kinderen! en bemerkt, / Hoe vlas en lijnwaad wordt bewerkt. 1820 - 1838. Christiaan Jacob Schuyling. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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