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Children! if you wish to amuse yourselves, / Come, then contemplate these figures, / Each in his station and conduct; / Let your love of reading be added to that
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Children! if you wish to amuse yourselves, / Come, then contemplate these figures, / Each in his station and conduct; / Let your love of reading be added to that

Johan Noman · 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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Sheet with 24 depictions of various figures and occupations. Below each image a six-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 293.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineKindren! zo ge u wilt vermaaken, / Koomt, beschouwt dan deeze snaaken, / Elk in zynen stand en doen; / Wilt daar by uw leeslust voên. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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