Centsprent: De wisseling der jaargetijden, Doet ieder jeugdig hart verblijden. N. 16.

Beschreibung

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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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Centsprent: De wisseling der jaargetijden, Doet ieder jeugdig hart verblijden. N. 16.
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  • Agriculture
  • Farmers
  • Catchpenny prints
  • Woodcut
  • Hand colored