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The origin, progress, and end of human life
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 16 depictions of different stages in human life, from birth to death. Under each image a four-line verse.
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Credit lineDen oorsprong, voortgang en het einde van het menschelijk leven. 1819 - 1840. Alexander Cranendoncq. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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The origin, progress, and end of human life
The False Son, a piece as instructive as it is delightful, / Performed on Amsterdam's stage for useful play, / Here you see it communicated piece by piece, simply, / Observe that virtuous son, and follow his path, O youth!
The False Son, a piece as instructive as it is delightful, / Performed on Amsterdam's stage for useful play, / Here you see it communicated piece by piece, simply, / Observe that virtuous son, and follow his path, O youth!
Till Uilenspiegel, in His Life, Has Committed Much Foolishness, Which Often Makes One Laugh; But Which One Must Never Follow.
Children's virtues and vices / See in these little prints speak / That it all shows you at once / Punishment for vice and reward for virtue
See what can amuse the mind, / Through all kinds of fine things, / Mostly those that the country life offers / To everyone who has money, that is everything