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The festive seasons, which one is accustomed to celebrate, / From year to year, yet with cheerful manners / You see in this print collection, O children! depicted, / Amuse yourself with them while you read and play
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The festive seasons, which one is accustomed to celebrate, / From year to year, yet with cheerful manners / You see in this print collection, O children! depicted, / Amuse yourself with them while you read and play

A. Robyn · 1806 - 1830 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Leaf with 8 depictions of calendar festivals: New Year, Epiphany, Shrove Tuesday, Palm Sunday, Whitsun, fair, Saint Martin's Day, and Christmas. Below each depiction a verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 218.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printChristmas (ecclesiastical feast)Palm SundayPentecost, WhitsundaySt. Martin's Day (November 11)January 1 (~ festivities)
Credit lineDe feestgetyden, die men is gewoon te vieren, / Van jaar tot jaar, doch men heeft met vrolyke manieren / Ziet ge in dit prentgestel, ô kindren! afgebeeld, / Vermaakt 'er u dan meê, terwyl gy leest en . 1806 - 1830. A. Robyn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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