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How children pass their time / This print can clearly prove to you; / But what is desired of children, / That is taught to you in school
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 16 depictions of children's games and occupations, such as hoop rolling, kite flying and swinging. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered at the top center: n. 33.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHoe kinderen hun tyd verdryven / Kan deze prent u klaar bewyzen / Maar wat van kinders wordt begeerd, / Dat wordt u in de school geleerd. 1848 - 1881. Lutkie & Cranenburg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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