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See, Every Letter of the A B / Brings Here a Pretty Little Picture; / Thus One Often Learns Fine Things / And May Innocently Amuse Oneself
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 24 scenes of the letters of the alphabet illustrated with objects, animals and figures whose words begin with the respective letter. Numbered top right: No. 31.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineZiet, elke letter van 't A B, / Brengt hier een aardig prentje meê. / Zoo leert men dikwijls fraaije zaken, / En mag zich schuldeloos vermaken. 1832 - 1850. Theodorus Johannes Wijnhoven-Hendriksen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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