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Children's virtues and vices / See how these little prints speak; / That they show you all at once / The punishment of vice and the reward of virtue
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Leaf with 12 depictions of the reward of obedient children and the punishment of disobedient children. In the center above, the seal of the Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen. Below each image, a two-line verse. Numbered in the upper right: S.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKinder-deugden en gebreken / Ziet ge in deze printjes spreken; / Dat u alles tevens toon / Ondeugds-straf en braafheids-loon. 1805 - 1808. Johannes Bouwer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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