Public domain
The Great Birdcage
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 24 depictions, each showing four winged animals, such as birds, an owl, a bat and a butterfly, the so-called "Groote Vogelkooi" (Great Birdcage). Under each depiction the names of the animals. Numbered top right: No. 46.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe groote vogelkooi. 1850 - 1870. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
Similar works
Come here now, children, pure, and read these birds: / You have with great and small, here a hundred in number
The Great Birdcage
Various Birds / Différens oiseaux
Amuse yourself with this flock of birds! / You see here four fewer, / Than a hundred pieces, they will all / Oh youth! please your eyes well
Come Here Now, Pure Children / And Read These Birds All / You Have Here, Great and Small / A Hundred in Number
Birds of various kinds this plate shall show you! / From foreign lands, and those that dwell in the Netherlands / Apply yourself usefully after the assigned task, / A child who loves to know much learns even through pleasure