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In Paul and Virginia one sees on this print, / Love and virtue, grafted onto the same stock / On voit dans cette estampe en Paul et Virginie, / L'amour et la vertu qui unirent leur vie
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Sheet with 16 scenes from the story of Paul and Virginie by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Below each image a two-line verse in Dutch and French. Numbered at the top center: no. 61.
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Credit lineIn Paul en Virginia ziet men op deze prent, / De liefde en deugd, als op den zelven stam geënt / On voit dans cette estampe en Paul et Virginie, / L'amour et la vertu qui unirent leur vie. 1833 - 1870. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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