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Dear girls, here you find various amusements / Do not neglect your learning time for this charming game
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Leaf with 12 depictions of children's games for girls, including jump rope, playing with a board game, swinging, and playing with dolls. Below each image is a four-line verse. Marked top right: R.
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Credit lineLieve meisjes vindt gij hier voor n velerlei vermaken / Wil toch voor het aardig spel uwen leertijd nooit verzaken. 1819 - 1840. Alexander Cranendoncq. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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