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The eager youth is here briefly depicted: Various occupations of daily life; Consider how one differs from the other, / Then it serves for benefit and for life's recreation
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 8 depictions of craftsmen and professions, such as a barber, a glassblower, and a fisherman. Under each image, a four-line verse. Numbered center top: No. 138.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe leergrage jeugd zij in 't kort hier verbeeld, / Verscheiden bedrijven des daaglijkschen levens, / Bedenkt zij hoe 't eene van 't andere scheelt, / Dan strekt het tot nut en tot uitspanning levens. 1833 - 1900. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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Trade, though carried on on a small scale, / Still seems to yield some profit; / Though it is not much, it is something; / It is always better to have something than nothing
According to country style and fashion taste / One sees in this print many a fool. / What each will be in portrait, / You, O youth! can read below
They used to stop you, dear youth, with only trinkets in hand; monstrous rags, without taste, even harmful to the mind; now true art strives for you, while it aims at your benefit; each little print is a drawing lesson that you may well follow
Happy is he who loves his fatherland more than himself, / Finds pure delight in falling for its honor, (...)
If this print, dear youth, satisfies your taste, / Then you may be assured that I will resume my task