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If, oh children! these trifles / delight your eyes and your mind, / then contemplate them, while you mock / every Shrove Tuesday fool
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with a large depiction of costumed Shrovetide figures. Below the image a poem in three columns. Numbered top right: No. 26.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineIndien, ô kindren! deeze snaaken, / uw oogen en uw geest vermaaken, / Beschouwt ze dan, terwyl gy spot / Met elken vastenavonds-zot. 1715 - 1813. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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