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A useful variety here your eye may view, / Here you see animals, but also men who resemble you. / You may here with pleasure pass an hour, / And learn from what you see what is useful and good
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A useful variety here your eye may view, / Here you see animals, but also men who resemble you. / You may here with pleasure pass an hour, / And learn from what you see what is useful and good

Jan de Lange (II) · c. 1822 - 1849 · 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 36 depictions of figures, animals, plants and objects. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 23.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printplantsvegetationanimalshuman types
Credit lineEen nuttig allerlei kan hier uw oog bekijken, / Hier ziet gy dieren, maar ook menschen, die u lijken. / Gij kunt hier met vermaak een uurtje bij passeeren, / En van hetgeen gij ziet wat nut en goed is. c. 1822 - 1849. Jan de Lange (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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