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What do you say, O alert youth! Can this print please you? / Then rejoice your sight, and think of hearing the drum. / Read what is written below, spurred by a love of learning, / Whenever you hear the voice of instruction
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What do you say, O alert youth! Can this print please you? / Then rejoice your sight, and think of hearing the drum. / Read what is written below, spurred by a love of learning, / Whenever you hear the voice of instruction

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 a large depiction of three drummers on the street. Below the image a verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 129.

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Credit lineWat zegt ge, ô wakkre jeugd! Kan u deez' prent bekooren? / Verheug dan uw gezigt, en denk den trom te hooren. / Lees wat 'er obder staat, tot leerzucht aangespoord, / Zo dikwils gy de stem der onderwy. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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