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Children! Learn in early youth, learn from doll's play, / What must be useful to you in a better station, / Virtue, can you learn from children's play with pleasure, / Even the very smallest beginning teaches a woman's task
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Children! Learn in early youth, learn from doll's play, / What must be useful to you in a better station, / Virtue, can you learn from children's play with pleasure, / Even the very smallest beginning teaches a woman's task

weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm · 1842 - 1866 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Leaf with 8 depictions of children's games, including hoop rolling and playing with dolls. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 16.

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printpopular print(playing with) dolls
Credit lineKinderen! leert in 't vroeg begin, leert by poppengoed, / Wat u in een beter stand, nuttig wezen moet, / Deugd, kunt gy uit 't kinderspel, leeren met vermaak, / Ook het allerkleinst begin, leert een v. 1842 - 1866. weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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