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O youth! who inhabit Dutch soil, / see what this print shows you. / And print, as you see and read this, / let the events occur in your mind
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 16 scenes of events from national history, such as the end of the Eighty Years' War and the fire in the old town hall of Amsterdam. Below each image a four-line verse. In the center above the seal of the Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen. Marked top right: E.
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Credit lineO jeugd! die Hollands grond bewoond, / Zie wat u deze prent vertoond. / En prent, als gij dit ziet en leest, / Daarbij 't gebeurde in uwen geest. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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