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Riding is a fine thing, / It serves both utility and pleasure. / Yet dear children, while riding, / One must avoid an accident
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Riding is a fine thing, / It serves both utility and pleasure. / Yet dear children, while riding, / One must avoid an accident

Theodorus Johannes Wijnhoven-Hendriksen · 1832 - 1850 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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Sheet with 12 depictions of carriages, carts and wagons with persons and cargo, drawn by horses. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 42.

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Credit lineHet rijden is een schoone zaak, / Het strekt tot nut en tot vermaak / Doch lieve kind'ren, bij het rijden, / Moet men een ongeluk vermijden. 1832 - 1850. Theodorus Johannes Wijnhoven-Hendriksen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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