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Laugh, O children! at the fashion that brought folly into the world / With a device so very ridiculous as ever existed [(...)]
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Laugh, O children! at the fashion that brought folly into the world / With a device so very ridiculous as ever existed [(...)]

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 (satire) of a group of adults, all holding a yo-yo, and a child with a pull-toy. Above them a garland with children's toys. In the lower margin a poem in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 186.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineLacht, ô kindren! om de mode, die de zotheid bragt ter baan / Met een tuig zo zeer bespotlyk als 'er immer heeft bestaan [(...)]. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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