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Children! do not be frightened! the figures you see drawn here, / Do not offend your delicacy - laugh only at their quirks
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Children! do not be frightened! the figures you see drawn here, / Do not offend your delicacy - laugh only at their quirks

Willem Carl Wansleven · 1806 - 1858 · 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 four scenes of caricatured musicians. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered in the upper right corner: no. 9.

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Credit lineKind'ren! schrikt niet! de figuren, die gy hier geteekend ziet, / Kwetzen uwe kieschheid niet - lacht alleen om hunne kuren. 1806 - 1858. Willem Carl Wansleven. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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