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Dear children, consider this print or it may also amuse you [(...)]
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Dear children, consider this print or it may also amuse you [(...)]

Monogrammist LBM (prentmaker) · 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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Leaf with 4 depictions of pairs of animals, including a lion, an elephant, monkeys, and a cat. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 89.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printcowanimalscatmonkeys, apeshorse
Credit lineLieve kindren, beschouwd deez' prent of z'u ook kan vermaken [(...)]. 1806 - 1830. Monogrammist LBM (prentmaker). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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