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A variety of subjects you can find, / Learn gladly, youth! in print by print. / Let your attention be connected / To everything toward which you turn your eye
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A variety of subjects you can find, / Learn gladly, youth! in print by print. / Let your attention be connected / To everything toward which you turn your eye

1830 - 1892 · 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 craftsmen and professions, such as hunter, potter, and weaver. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 127.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printcrafts and industriespotter, ceramistsewing
Credit lineVerschiet van zaken kunt gy vinden, / Leergraage jeudg! in prent by prent. / Wilt uwe oplettend heid verbinden / Aan alles waar g uw oog naar wend. 1830 - 1892. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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