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Behold, eager youth! A useful miscellany. / May this serve your amusement and instruction! / Let nature and art always bring you pleasure, / And awaken a love for knowledge in your tender hearts
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Behold, eager youth! A useful miscellany. / May this serve your amusement and instruction! / Let nature and art always bring you pleasure, / And awaken a love for knowledge in your tender hearts

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 animals, plants, buildings and objects. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 26.

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printpopular printplantsvegetationanimalsbirdsharpwindmill in landscapeinsects: butterfly
Credit lineZie hier, leergrage jeugd! een nuttig allerlei. / Dat hat u tot vermaak en leeringe gedij'! / Laat steeds natuur en kunst u tot genoegen strekken, / En lust tot kennis in uw teêrem boezem wekken. c. 1822 - 1849. Jan de Lange (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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