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See, children, a dozen new figures, / They show you all kinds of funny tricks / One fights and one laughs, one eats and one plays, / Thus in the world everything is always divided
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See, children, a dozen new figures, / They show you all kinds of funny tricks / One fights and one laughs, one eats and one plays, / Thus in the world everything is always divided

Alexander Cranendoncq · 1827 - 1894 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 12 depictions of proverbs. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No 124.

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printpopular printproverbs, sayings, etc.
Credit lineZiet kind'ren een twaalftal nieuw figuren, / Zij toonen u allerlei kluchtige kuren / Men vecht en men lacht, met eet en men speelt, / Zoo werdt in de weereld steeds alles verdeeld. 1827 - 1894. Alexander Cranendoncq. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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