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The Princess with the Wooden Head / The Prince with the Wooden Head
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Leaf with 13 scenes from the story of the Prince with the Wooden Head. Under each image a caption in Dutch and in French. Numbered in the center at the top: No. 256.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineLa princes à la tête de bois / De prins met het houten hoofd. 1833 - 1911. Brepols & Dierckx zoon. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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Here, my dear youth, are twelve scenes, / Which without doubt will greatly please your curiosity, / But if you study hard, look and see constantly, / And still do not understand, ah, do not blame me
See Gulliver's case, the lands of all the ways, / Described in this print, are located in the moon. / Youth, admire in this picture the passages, / Which Gulliver experienced in his curious voyages
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
Children, if you wish to increase your joy, / And study in this print, / Cut them out beautifully according to the design, / And paste them on stiff paper
She Must Be Pretty, the Fashion of These Days, / Since Even Animals Want to Wear It Now / The Fashion of Our Days (Who Could Conceive It) / Even Over the Beasts Exercises Its Power