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Behold a sketch of the youth of the noble sea voyage / And how in the restless wind the heaving waves / To the honor of the fatherland and the benefit of society / The sailors, full of courage, sail the foaming salt
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Behold a sketch of the youth of the noble sea voyage / And how in the restless wind the heaving waves / To the honor of the fatherland and the benefit of society / The sailors, full of courage, sail the foaming salt

Jacobus Thompson (I) · 1791 - 1812 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with 8 depictions of ships at sea, and a sailor taking leave of his host. Under each image, a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 101.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printsailing-ship, sailing-boatships (in general)sailor
Credit lineZie hier een schets &o jeugd! der schoone zeevaardij / En hoe in ´t rustloos woên uer hobbelende baren, / Tot eer van 't vaderland en 't nut der maatschappij, / De zeeliên, vol van moed, het schuimend. 1791 - 1812. Jacobus Thompson (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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