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Youth, a bear is given to you: / Do not be like him through an unruly life / Jeunesse, d'un Ourson, si vous lisez l'image / C'est pour vous corriger, pour que vous soyez sage
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Sheet with 20 scenes from the life of Ourson, a boy growing up in the wilderness. Below each image a two-line verse in Dutch and French. Numbered at the top center: n. 41.
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Credit lineOurson den wildeman word jongheyd, U gegeven: / Wees niet aen hem gelyk door ongeregeld leven / Jeunesse, d'un Ourson, si vous lisez l'image / C'est pour vous corriger, pour que vous soyez sage. 1866 - 1902. Franciscus Antonius Beersmans. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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