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Choose, O children! from the images below, / Your taste, or whether they perhaps pleased your choice and senses / Tachez de faire un choix, enfants, / Dans les sujets de ce présent
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Choose, O children! from the images below, / Your taste, or whether they perhaps pleased your choice and senses / Tachez de faire un choix, enfants, / Dans les sujets de ce présent

Jacobs en Meijers · 1800 - 1833 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with 12 depictions of various figures and occupations. Below each image a two-line verse in Dutch and in French. Numbered top center: [N. 174. B.].

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printcharacters (human types)
Credit lineVerkiest, o kinderen! uit de onderstaande beelden, / Uw smaak, of zij misschien uw keuze en zinnen streelden / Tachez de faire un choix, enfants, / Dans les sujets de ce présent. 1800 - 1833. Jacobs en Meijers. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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