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Consider this children's game for your amusement, O Youth / But Above All Keep in Mind the Beautiful, Spotless Virtue
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 36 depictions of children's games and activities, including walking with toy mills and courting. Under each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 118.
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Credit lineBeschouw dit kinderspel tot uw vermaak, ô jeugd / Doch houd vooral in 't oog de schoone blanke deugd. 1761 - 1804. Egmont, erven de Weduwe Jacobus van. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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