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Come on, boys! Look here, do you want to ride on hobby horses? / Then learn to ride on horseback, to fight for the fatherland
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Come on, boys! Look here, do you want to ride on hobby horses? / Then learn to ride on horseback, to fight for the fatherland

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 eight scenes of soldiers on horseback. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered in the upper right corner: no. 41.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printwarfarethe soldierthe soldier's life
Credit lineKom jongens! kijk eens hier, wilt gij op paardjes rijden, / Leer dan ook op het paard, voor 't vaderland te strijden. 1806 - 1858. Willem Carl Wansleven. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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