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Laugh, O children! at the fashion that brought folly to the world / With a costume so very ridiculous as ever existed [(...)]
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Laugh, O children! at the fashion that brought folly to the world / With a costume so very ridiculous as ever existed [(...)]

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 a large scene (caricature) of a group of adults, all holding a yo-yo, and a child with a pull-toy. Above them a garland of children's toys. In the lower margin a verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 78.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printyoyocomedy
Credit lineLacht, ô kindren! om de mode, die de zotheid bragt ter baan / Met een tuig zo zeer bespotlyk als 'er immer heeft bestaan [(...)]. 1715 - 1813. Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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