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See here, and laugh at the fashionable life, oh youth! yes, mock freely the procession, / Which, foolishly, wishes to make a mockery of itself; / Cultivate dignity in your mind
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Leaf with 16 depictions of the ridiculous fashion phenomenon of very high hairstyles and wigs. Under each image a caption. Numbered top right: No. 9.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineZie hier, en lach om 't modesch leven, ô jeugd! ja spot vry met den stoet, / Die, dwaas, zich zelf ten spot wil geeven; Kweek deftigheid in uw gemoed. 1715 - 1813. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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