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Contemplate This Print, O Youth! How the Peasant Class, / Through Unwearied Diligence, Brings Much Profit to the Land (...)
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Contemplate This Print, O Youth! How the Peasant Class, / Through Unwearied Diligence, Brings Much Profit to the Land (...)

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 peasant life. Below each plate a two-line verse. c. 1800-1850. Numbered top right: No. 48.

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Credit lineBeschouw deez' Prent, ô Jeugd! hoe dat de Boerenstand, / Door onvermoeide vlyt, veel voordeel brengt aan 't Land (...). 1800 - 1850. weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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