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These boys seek their amusement, / Yet each with a different matter. / The cheerful game suits youth. / She is created for joy
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 12 depictions of children's games and activities, such as washing hands, spinning tops and sweeping. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 43.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDeez' knapen zoeken hun vermaak, / Doch ieder met eene and're zaak. / Het vrolijk spel past aan de jeugd. / Zij is geschapen tot de vreugd. 1832 - 1850. Theodorus Johannes Wijnhoven-Hendriksen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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Dear children, in this print you will find various amusements; / But remember that you must never neglect your learning for the sake of play
Such things of children's play, / Also suitors, maidens, men, women, / See them displayed to you, O dear youth! / Read what they do, to your joy
Happy is he who loves his fatherland more than himself, / Finds pure delight in falling for its honor, (...)
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
The pleasant pastime, as one calls everything that / this print collection shows, and contains in its kind
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