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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
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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

Glenisson & Van Genechten · 1833 - 1856 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Leaf with 16 depictions of various kinds (fables of Aesopus?). Below each depiction a two-line verse. Numbered in the center at the top: no. 73.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printanimalscharacters (human types)fables
Credit lineKinders wilt u vreugd vermeeren, / En in deze prent studeren / Snyt ze uit fraie na de zwier, / En plakt die dan op styf papier. 1833 - 1856. Glenisson & Van Genechten. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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