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Behold here, and laugh at the fashionable life, O youth! yes, mock freely the procession, / Which, foolishly, wishes to make a mockery of itself; Cultivate dignity in your mind
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Satirical print on fashion with 16 depictions of people with extremely large wigs. Below each depiction an inscription. Numbered top right: No. 216.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineZie hier, en lach om 't modesch leven, o jeugd! ja spot vry met den stoet, / Die, dwaas, zich zelf ten spot wil geeven; Kweek deftigheid in uw gemoed. 1806 - 1830. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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