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Behold many children's games / I share with you anew, / Find therein amusement, O youth! / More still in understanding and virtue
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Behold many children's games / I share with you anew, / Find therein amusement, O youth! / More still in understanding and virtue

Johan Noman · 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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Sheet with 16 depictions of children's games, such as riding hobbyhorses, hoop rolling, spinning tops, and kite flying. Below each image, a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 97.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular print(playing at) marbles(flying a) kite
Credit lineZie hier veele kinderspelen / U op nieuw weêr mede deelen, / Vind daar in vermaak, o jeugd! / Meer nog in verstand en deugd. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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