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Behold, children, behold, this is your affair! / These little ones play with pleasure; / And how they hop, spin, play, / Not one of them do you hear quarrel
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 12 depictions of children's games, including riding a hobby horse, hoop rolling, bowling, and kite flying. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 78.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineZiet kindren ziet, dit is u zaak! / Deez kleinen speelen met vermaak; / En hoe zy hoeplen, tollen, speelen, / niet een van hun hoord gy krakeelen. 1791 - 1812. Jacobus Thompson (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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