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O children! see in these scenes / Brothers and your sisters playing
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 12 depictions of children's games, such as blowing bubbles and jumping rope. In the center above, the seal of the Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen. Below each image, a two-line verse. Numbered in the top right: L.P.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineÔ kinders! ziet in deez' tafrelen / Broeders en uw zusters spelen. 1811 - 1829. Hendrik van Munster & Zoon. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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