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Various scenes
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 8 representations of various kinds, including representations of a fleeing horse, a butcher about to slaughter a pig, and two boys pulling a sleigh with a maid. Under each representation, a two-line verse in Dutch and in French. Numbered top left: No. 1.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVerschillende voorstellingen. 1866 - 1902. Franciscus Antonius Beersmans. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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Appropriate rustic play may amuse you, O youth / But follow no prank of Till Eulenspiegel; / Remain related to virtue and duty: -- then you will taste joy, / Then this true pleasure rises -- that soul-joy constantly to the top
The bloody murder scene at the battlefields of Leipzig, / This print shall henceforth tell the story to posterity / The theatre of war near Leipzig has arrived, / This plate shall henceforth show it to posterity
Various scenes
Honest play may amuse you, O youth, / But do not follow the pranks of Till Eulenspiegel, / Remain virtuous and dutiful, - then you will taste joy, / Then this true pleasure - that soul's delight - will reach its peak / Take honest amusements, my dear ones / Do not follow the tricks
Uilenspiegel was a rogue, / And performed many whims; / But children, never follow his life, / Which would bring you no honor but shame