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See, Dear Children! If You Rest from Learning, / Certainly You Will Desire More of This Kind / This Pretty Print, and Read the Verses with Understanding, / Well Now, Lightly We Take This Task Again in Hand
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 16 scenes of craftsmen and professions, such as mat maker and compass maker. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: N. 189.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineZiet, lieve kinderen! als g'u verpoost van 't leeren, / Voorzeker zult gy meer van deze soort begeeren / Deez' mooije prent, en leest de versjens met verstand, / Wel nu, ligt nemen wy die taak nog een. 1833 - 1900. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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