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This children's print teaches, briefly and well, / What benefit mechanics brings: / How it lightens human work, / And accomplishes incomprehensibly much
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This children's print teaches, briefly and well, / What benefit mechanics brings: / How it lightens human work, / And accomplishes incomprehensibly much

Johannes Bouwer · 1805 - 1808 · 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 8 depictions of men using tools, such as a press and a crane. In the center top the seal of the Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen. Under each image a six-line verse. Numbered top right: F.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printdynamics, kineticsprinting pressdock crane
Credit lineDees kinderprent leert, kort en goed, / Wat nut de werktuigkunde doet: / Hoe zij der menschen werk verligt, / En onbegrijplijk veel verricht. 1805 - 1808. Johannes Bouwer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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