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Of all the letters, set on the letter chart, / You will find under each the thing that the image tells you. / You can then, O youth, learn to spell from its name / Or read, to find here profit and pleasure
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Of all the letters, set on the letter chart, / You will find under each the thing that the image tells you. / You can then, O youth, learn to spell from its name / Or read, to find here profit and pleasure

Lutkie & Cranenburg · 1848 - 1881 · 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 the letters of the alphabet illustrated with objects, animals, and figures whose words begin with the respective letter. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered at the top center: No 45.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printanimalshuman typesletters, alphabet, scriptcharacters (human types)
Credit lineVan al de letters, op de letterlijst gesteld, / Vind ge onder elk de zaak, die u 't afbeeldsel meldt. / Gij kunt o jeugd dan naam daarvan, dus leeren spellen / Of lezen, om hierin nut en vermaak te st. 1848 - 1881. Lutkie & Cranenburg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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