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Come Now, Dear Girls, You Flowers of Virtue, / I Hope This Print Has Delighted You a Little / If This Is So, I Join with Van Alphen in Crying, / First Give as a Reward a Kiss or Two
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Leaf with 16 depictions of games and occupations for girls, such as walking, jump rope and swinging. Below each depiction a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No 154.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKomt nu, lieve meisjes, gij bloempjes der deugd, / Ik hoop dat deez' prent u een weinig verheugd / Is dit zoo, ik roep met Van Alphen dan meê, / Geef eerst tot belooning een kusje of twee. 1827 - 1894. M. Hemeleers-van Houter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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