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Title: Centsprent: De wisseling der jaargetijden, Doet ieder jeugdig hart verblijden. N. 16.
Description: Catchpenny print. Children´s print of the four seasons, depicting people engaged in corresponding activities. Each season is related to a stage in man´s life: spring corresponds to childhood, summer to youth, autumn to adulthood, and winter to old age. The image of spring shows farmers sowing, with the inscription: ´De Lente is ´t beeld der blijde jeugd, Men zaait dan steeds het zaad der deugd´. In summer, men and woman are seen reaping grain. The inscription reads: ´De middelbare levenstijd Zij aan arbeidzaamheid gewijd´. The image of autumn shows people picking fruit in an orchard, accompanied by the text: ‘Dan mag belooning ons verrukken, Wanneer wij rijpe vruchten plukken’. The final inscription reads: ‘Denk aan den winter van het leven, Aan d´ouderdom, uwe hulp te geven´, and is illustrated with a winter landscape, with a woman and child carrying branches on their back, and children playing on the ice.Inscriptions in ink on verso: ´G. S. Posthuma. Mei 1859.´ and ´Goffe sjoerds postuhma´.Den Bosch, Lutkie & Cranenburg (1848 – 1881), numbered ‘no 16.’ at the top. 4 woodcut illustrations (each ca. 120 x 170 mm) on paper; hand coloured in red, blue and yellow; under each image a 2-line verse; total: 330 x 400 mm; folded twice, fragile along the folds. De Meyer p. 226, Boerma p. 784 (Lutkie 16).

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