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Children! Learn in the Early Beginning, Learn from Dolls, / What Must Be Useful to You in a Better Station (...)
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Children! Learn in the Early Beginning, Learn from Dolls, / What Must Be Useful to You in a Better Station (...)

weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm · 1800 - 1850 · 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 eight scenes of play and useful pastimes during childhood. Under each picture a two-line verse. Ca. 1800-1850. Numbered top right: No. 16.

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Credit lineKindren! leert in 't vroeg begin, leert by Poppengoed, / Wat u in een beter stand, nuttig wezen moet (...). 1800 - 1850. weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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