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Laugh, children, laugh when you see this / Here Jan Klaassen makes strange antics (...)
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Leaf with 16 depictions about the life of Jan Klaassen. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 31.
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Credit lineLacht, kindren, lacht alsgy dit ziet / Hier maakt Jan Klaassen rare kuren (...). 1791 - 1812. Johannes Egbertus van Lieshout. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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