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See here a variety of children's play activities, / Also suitors, maidens, men, and women, / Behold them displayed before you, dear youth! / Read what they do, to your delight
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See here a variety of children's play activities, / Also suitors, maidens, men, and women, / Behold them displayed before you, dear youth! / Read what they do, to your delight

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 36 depictions. Top: 18 depictions of children's games and activities, such as hoop rolling and kite flying. Bottom: 18 depictions of the love between Constant and Roosje. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No 155.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular print(flying a) kitecouple of lovers
Credit lineZo wat er van kindren speelbedryven, / Ook vryers, vrysters, mannen, wyven, / Ziet ge u vertoond, ô lieve jeugd! / Leest wat zy doen, tot uwe vreugd. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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