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The vanity of the world's pleasures, / Here depicted with card castles / Les cartes en chateaux assemblées / Sont bien l´image de la vanité
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The vanity of the world's pleasures, / Here depicted with card castles / Les cartes en chateaux assemblées / Sont bien l´image de la vanité

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 2 depictions of playing children. Top: two children pull a girl on a cart. Bottom: a girl builds a card house. Below each image a four-line verse in Dutch and in French. Numbered top center: (N. 161. B.).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printplaying-cards
Credit lineDe ijdelheid van 's werelds streelen, / Verbeeldt men hier met kaartkasteelen / Les cartes en chateaux assemblées / Sont bien l´image de la vanité. 1800 - 1833. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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