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This children's print teaches, briefly and well, / What benefit mechanics brings: / How it lightens human labor, / And accomplishes incomprehensibly much
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This children's print teaches, briefly and well, / What benefit mechanics brings: / How it lightens human labor, / And accomplishes incomprehensibly much

Bouwer en de weduwe Johannes Ratelband, Johannes (II) · 1794 - 1804 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with 8 depictions of men using tools, such as a press and a crane. Below each image a six-line verse. Numbered top right: F.

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printpopular printdynamics, kineticsprinting pressdock crane
Credit lineDees kinderprent leert, kort en goed, / Wat nut de werktuigkunde doet: / Hoe zij der menschen werk verligt, / En onbegrijplijk veel verricht. 1794 - 1804. Bouwer en de weduwe Johannes Ratelband, Johannes (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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