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It Is to Amuse Your Senses, / Than What Is Offered to You, O Dear Youth! [(...)]
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It Is to Amuse Your Senses, / Than What Is Offered to You, O Dear Youth! [(...)]

Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis · 1715 - 1813 · 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 depictions of various figures and professions. Below each image a six-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 23.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printhuman typesworking class, labourerscharacters (human types)crafts and industries
Credit line'T is om uw zinnen te vermaaken, / Dan men, ô lieve jeugd! u biedt [(...)]. 1715 - 1813. Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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