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This Print Shows You the Beginning of Man's Station on Earth, / When Childhood Already Brings a Thousand Sorrows (...)
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This Print Shows You the Beginning of Man's Station on Earth, / When Childhood Already Brings a Thousand Sorrows (...)

weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm · 1800 - 1850 · 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 eight scenes of childhood. Under each picture a two-line verse. Ca. 1800-1850. Numbered top right: No. 14.

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Credit lineDeez' Prent toont u 't begin van 's Menschen stand op aard, / Wanneer de Kindsheid reeds, al duizend' jamm'ren baart (...). 1800 - 1850. weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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