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See, Children, a Dozen New Figures, / They Show You All Kinds of Funny Tricks. / People Fight and Laugh, Eat and Play, / Thus Everything in the World is Always Divided
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See, Children, a Dozen New Figures, / They Show You All Kinds of Funny Tricks. / People Fight and Laugh, Eat and Play, / Thus Everything in the World is Always Divided

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 12 depictions of various subjects, including illustrations of proverbs. Each image is accompanied by a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 79.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printhuman typescharacters (human types)proverbs, sayings, etc.
Credit lineZiet kind'ren een twaalftal neiuwe figuren, / Zij toonen u allerlei kluchtige kuren. / Men vecht en men lacht, men eet en men speelt, / Zoo wordt in de wereld steeds alles verdeeld. 1850 - 1870. Alexander Cranendoncq. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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