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Behold, O patriotic youth! / The loyalty, courage, and virtue of your fathers. / And may your tender heart burn / In longing for them and the fatherland
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Behold, O patriotic youth! / The loyalty, courage, and virtue of your fathers. / And may your tender heart burn / In longing for them and the fatherland

Gerrit Oortman · 1806 - 1830 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 16 depictions of events from national history, such as Jan van Schaffelaar jumping from the tower at Barneveld and the capture of Breda in 1590. Below each image a four-line verse. Marked top right: F.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printPhilip II of SpainWilliam I (Prince of Orange)Maurice (Prince of Orange)Kenau Simonsdochter HasselaerJan van Schaffelaar
Credit lineBeschouw, o vaderlandsche jeugd! / Der vadren trouw en moed en deugd. / En dat uw teeder hart ontbrand'/ In zucht voor hun en 't vaderland. 1806 - 1830. Gerrit Oortman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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