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Sharpen Your Mind and Grasp the Sense, / For Here Still Lies Much Instruction / Look Together, O Young Youth, / This Pastime, for Profit and Joy
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Sharpen Your Mind and Grasp the Sense, / For Here Still Lies Much Instruction / Look Together, O Young Youth, / This Pastime, for Profit and Joy

Egmont, erven de Weduwe Jacobus van · 1761 - 1804 · 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 8 depictions of rebus puzzles. The solution to each rebus is given below. Numbered top left: No. 30.

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Credit lineScherpt uw verstand en vat den zin, / Dan steekt hier nog al leering in / Ziet met malkander, jonge Jeugd, / Dit tydverdryf, tot nut en vreugd. 1761 - 1804. Egmont, erven de Weduwe Jacobus van. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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