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If you wish to love virtues, / Set your mind on these little prints, / Suitable for your amusement, oh youth! / And add your love of reading to your joy
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If you wish to love virtues, / Set your mind on these little prints, / Suitable for your amusement, oh youth! / And add your love of reading to your joy

Jan Oortman (Sr.) · 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 24 depictions of various figures and activities. Below each image a six-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 146.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printhuman typesfarmersstreet-trader(playing with) dollsfishing (sports)
Credit lineZo ge aartigheden wilt beminnen, / Zet op deez' prentjes dan uw zinnen, / Tot uw vermaak geschikt, ô jeugd! / Envoeg uw leeslust by uw vreugd. 1806 - 1830. Jan Oortman (Sr.). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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