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Children, Follow Your Parents' Advice, Show Obedience, / Flee the Beginning of Evil, Always Learn Diligently, / Then Father Will Gladly Give You a Play Hour, / Then Mother's Care Will Not Be Sour at All
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Leaf with 8 depictions of children's activities, including drumming, going to school, and catching soap bubbles. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No 10.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKinderen volg uw ouders raad, toont gehoorzaamheid, / Vlied 't beginzel van het kwaad, leer altoos met vlyt, / Dan geeft vader u zoo graag, ook een speelens uur, / Dan valt moederlief haar zorg, in 't. 1842 - 1866. weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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