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See, children! how one can play here with sweet pleasure, / Freed from strife, quarreling, raging and brawling; / If you, while playing, please your Elders, / You shall receive, what gift is that! more prints than you ask for
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See, children! how one can play here with sweet pleasure, / Freed from strife, quarreling, raging and brawling; / If you, while playing, please your Elders, / You shall receive, what gift is that! more prints than you ask for

Jacobus Thompson (I) · 1791 - 1812 · 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 4 oval scenes of activities for children, such as badminton, swinging on a rope, and playing with animals. Below each image is a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 19.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printtennis, lawn-tennisswinging (children's game)
Credit lineZie, kindren! hoe men hier met zoet vermaak kan spelen, / Bevryd van twist, gekyf, van razen en krakeelen; / Indien gy, spelend', aan uw' Ouderen behaagd, / Krygd gy, wat gift is dat! meer prenten als. 1791 - 1812. Jacobus Thompson (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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