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If now these print scenes, please you and also teach: / Then they will delight your senses, / While they increase your understanding
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If now these print scenes, please you and also teach: / Then they will delight your senses, / While they increase your understanding

Cornelis Johannes Koster · 1825 - 1847 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 9 illustrations of moralizing scenes. Each image is accompanied by a six-line verse. Numbered in the lower right corner: No. 6.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printMorality
Credit lineIndien nu deze prenttafereelen, U vermaken en tevens leeren: / Dan zullen zij uwe zinnen streelen, / Terwijl zij uw verstand vermeeren. 1825 - 1847. Cornelis Johannes Koster. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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