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Amuse yourself with this flock of birds! / You see here four fewer, / Than a hundred pieces, they will all / Oh youth! please your eyes well
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Leaf with 24 depictions, each with four winged animals, such as birds, an owl, a bat, and a butterfly, the so-called 'Groote Vogelkooi'. Below each depiction, the names of the animals. Numbered top right: No. 141.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVermaakt u met deez' vooglen schaar! / Gy ziet 'er hier vier minder maar, / Als honderd stuks, zy zullen allen / ô jeugd! uwe oogen wel bevallen. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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