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Art has set dear youth for you in print / The cozy A, B, C, the useful alphabet
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Art has set dear youth for you in print / The cozy A, B, C, the useful alphabet

Alexander Cranendoncq · 1850 - 1870 · 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 24 scenes of the letters of the alphabet illustrated with animals and figures whose words begin with the respective letter. Below each image a caption. Numbered in the upper left: No. 2.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printletters, alphabet, scriptworking class, labourerscrafts and industriestrunked animals: elephant
Credit lineDe kunst heeft lieve jeugd voor u in prent gezet / 't gezellig A, B, C, het nuttig alphabeth. 1850 - 1870. Alexander Cranendoncq. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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