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Monotony bores, variety pleases the eye. / May this new print thus amuse your Youth. / Il faut à la jeunesse souvent du changement / Et c'est leur procurer un grand amusement
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with eight representations of emblems, including depictions of compassion, marriage, and gratitude. Under each representation a title and a two-line verse in Dutch and French. Numbered in the center above: no. 51.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineEentoonigheid verveelt, verwisseling streelt het oog. / Dat dus dees nieuwe print u Jeugd vermaken moog. / Il faut à la jeunesse souvent du changement / Et c'est leur procurer un grand amusement. 1833 - 1900. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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If you, dear youth, have learned your lessons, / Then let this print be the reward with which you are honored / Quand vous aurez appris, enfans, votre leçon, / que zette image soit alors pour vous un don
Monotony bores, variety pleases the eye. / May this new print thus amuse your Youth. / Il faut à la jeunesse souvent du changement / Et c'est leur procurer un grand amusement
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According to Country Style and Fashion Taste, One Sees in Print Here Many a Fool; What Each Will Be in Image, You Can, O Youth! Read Underneath.
Behold what can delight the senses, / Through all kinds of fine things, / Mostly those that the country life offers / To everyone who has money, that is everything