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Boys, amuse yourselves here / Here you will find very strange things / Thirty-six in number / Read them freely / Behold them all
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Boys, amuse yourselves here / Here you will find very strange things / Thirty-six in number / Read them freely / Behold them all

weduwe Jeronimus Ratelband en Johannes Bouwer · c. 1767 - c. 1778 · letterpress printing; colour; 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 of various figures and occupations. Each image has a two-line verse. Numbered top right: 20.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printhuman typesfool, simpleton, numskullstreet-traderhunchback
Credit lineJongens wilt uw hier vermaken / Hier vind gy heel raare saaken / Zes-en-dertig in 't getal / Leest ze vry / Beziet ze al. c. 1767 - c. 1778. weduwe Jeronimus Ratelband en Johannes Bouwer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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