DE ONTWAAK TE LEEUW. [The lion awakened].

COLLECTION NAME:

JCB Political Cartoons

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JCBMAPS~2~2

JCB Political Cartoons

Collection

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Accession number:

8859

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8859

Accession number

false

Title:

DE ONTWAAK TE LEEUW. [The lion awakened].

title

DE ONTWAAK TE LEEUW. [The lion awakened].

Title

false

Place:

[Amsterdam?]

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[Amsterdam?]

Place

false

Date:

[1780]

date

[1780]

Date

false

Image technique:

Engraving

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Engraving

Image technique

false

Image dimensions:

19.2 x 32 cm. (plate mark)

image_dimensions

19.2 x 32 cm. (plate mark)

Image dimensions

false

Narrative description:

Proposes that an alliance with Russia would enable Holland to resist Britain's claimed right to seize enemy naval stores carried in neutral ships. Images include: Catherine II, Empress of Russia; Catholic influence as the "whore of Babylon;" Holland as a lion; United Provinces as a sheaf of 7 arrows.

narrative_description

Proposes that an alliance with Russia would enable Holland to resist Britain's claimed right to seize enemy naval stores carried in neutral ships. Images include: Catherine II, Empress of Russia; Catholic influence as the "whore of Babylon;" Holland as a lion; United Provinces as a sheaf of 7 arrows.

Narrative description

false

References:

BM 5713

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BM 5713

References

false

Notes:

Accompanied by letterpress explanation, "Verklaaring van de plat," numbered 1-10. One of a series of prints reflecting propaganda of parties in the United Provinces preceding the English declaration of war on Dec. 20, 1780.

notes

Accompanied by letterpress explanation, "Verklaaring van de plat," numbered 1-10. One of a series of prints reflecting propaganda of parties in the United Provinces preceding the English declaration of war on Dec. 20, 1780.

Notes

false

Subject:

European political scene Armed neutrality.

subject

European political scene Armed neutrality.

Subject

false

Normalized date:

1780

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1780

Normalized date

false

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DE ONTWAAK TE LEEUW. [The lion awakened].