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All That You Behold Here, O Youth! / Delights Your Eye, Hinders No Virtue. / Behold Here First Three Useful Things; / And Let the Fourth Amuse Your Mind
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All That You Behold Here, O Youth! / Delights Your Eye, Hinders No Virtue. / Behold Here First Three Useful Things; / And Let the Fourth Amuse Your Mind

Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis · 1715 - 1813 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with 4 depictions of the daily activities of a farmer and of children jumping rope. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 19.

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printpopular printfarmersjumping-rope gamesploughingfarm (building)milking
Credit lineAl wat gij hier beschouwt, ô jeugd! / Streelt het uw oog, 't belet geen deugd. / Beschouw hier eerst drie nutte zaaken; / En laat de vierde uw' geest vermaaken. 1715 - 1813. Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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