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Man's entry into this world / This print teaches you, O youth! what you owe with gratitude to your worthy parents / For from the first moment until man's death / It is nothing that he needs, great every day
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 8 depictions about childhood. Below each image, a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 6.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit line's Menschen Intreede op deeze waereld. / Deeze prent leerd uw, ô jeugd! wat ge in ryper tyd, / aan uw waardig Oud'ren paar dankbaar schuldig zyt, / Want van 't eerste oogenblik tot aan 's menschen doo. 1819 - after 1842. Wendel en Zoon, J.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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