Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: DE MAN IN T' HEMBD, OF GEFNUIKTE HOOGMOEG. [THE MAN IN THE SHIRT, OR PRIDE BROUGHT LOW].
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Accession number:
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8863
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Title:
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DE MAN IN T' HEMBD, OF GEFNUIKTE HOOGMOEG. [THE MAN IN THE SHIRT, OR PRIDE BROUGHT LOW].
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Place:
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[Amsterdam]
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Date:
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[1780]
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Image technique:
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Etching
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Image dimensions:
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17 x 22 cm. (plate mark)
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Narrative description:
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Armed Neutrality. Defensive Alliance. Opportunism of League members and the commercial damage they hoped to inflict upon England. Images include: England in a shirt; Denmark, Sweden, France; America; Russia with a club; privateers; ships.
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References:
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BM 5716[A]
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Notes:
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Letterpress explanation, "Verklaring," in 5 lines below image. Accompanied by a letterpress explanatory poem, "Uitlegging van de man in t hembd". JCB also has a later state of the plate with figures in more detail, accession # 8864-2
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Subject:
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British political scene
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Normalized date:
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1780
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