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For your amusement, and not so that you will flee from it, / O children! here you see a series of war songs. / From fife to piper, do you not find this all charming? / Each shows itself in posture, but not ready to fight
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For your amusement, and not so that you will flee from it, / O children! here you see a series of war songs. / From fife to piper, do you not find this all charming? / Each shows itself in posture, but not ready to fight

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

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Sheet with 24 scenes of soldiers. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 80.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printthe soldierthe soldier's life
Credit lineTot uw vermaak, en niet om dat g'er voor zult vliên, / ô kindren! ziet gy hier een reeks van oorlogsliên. / Van vost tot pyper toe, vindt gy dit niet al aardig? / Toont elk zich in postuur, maar niet . 1715 - 1813. Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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