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Dear Dutch youth! Behold these various games, / Here you see your own image, which will surely please you
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with four horizontal rows depicting children's games for boys or girls, such as kite flying, seesawing, riding a hobby horse, and playing with a doll. Below each image a four-line verse in two columns. Numbered top right in the uppermost image: No. 78.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineLieve nederlandsche jeugd! zie hier onderscheiden spelen, / Daar g' uw eigen beeld in ziet, die u zeker zullen strelen. 1806 - 1858. Willem Carl Wansleven. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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