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The Life of Farmers and Shepherds, / And What Their Field and Plough Give, / The Pleasure, the Profit by the Useful Livestock, / Shares with You, O Youth! This Print
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 36 scenes of working farmers and shepherds. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top center: N. 180.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe boeren en der herdren leven, / En wat hun veld en akker geven, / 't Vermaak, de winst door 't nutte vee, / Deelt u, o jeugd! dit prentsel meé. 1833 - 1900. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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