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Will / children be entertained with these trinkets / and with their singing and playing
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Will / children be entertained with these trinkets / and with their singing and playing

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 three horizontal rows depicting adult men on hobby horses, costumed animals, and musicians. Below each image a four-line verse in two columns. Numbered top left: no. 67.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printmusician at workmusicianhobby-horse
Credit lineWil / kinderen u met deze snaken / en met hun zang en spel vermaken. 1806 - 1858. Willem Carl Wansleven. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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