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The innocent amusement of children / Is pleasant and can do no harm [(...)]
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The innocent amusement of children / Is pleasant and can do no harm [(...)]

Philippus Jacobus Brepols · 1800 - 1833 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 4 depictions of children's games: marbles, blind man's bluff, riding a hobby horse and dressing up as a ghost. Below each image a two-line verse in Dutch and in French. Numbered top center: (N. 160. B.).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printblind-man's buff(playing at) marblesrocking-horse
Credit line´T onschuldige vermaak der kindren, / Is aangenaam en kan niet hindren [(...)]. 1800 - 1833. Philippus Jacobus Brepols. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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