COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
true
Accession number:
8854
accession_number
8854
Accession number
false
Title:
DEN DOOR LIST en GEWELD AANGEVALLEN LEEUW.
title
DEN DOOR LIST en GEWELD AANGEVALLEN LEEUW.
Title
false
Place:
[Amsterdam]?
place
[Amsterdam]?
Place
false
Date:
[1780].
date
[1780].
Date
false
Image technique:
Etching.
image_technique
Etching.
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
17.3 x 37 cm. (image), on paper 33 x 42 cm.
image_dimensions
17.3 x 37 cm. (image), on paper 33 x 42 cm.
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Armed neutrality. Propaganda of the pro-English party of the Stadtholder, which was opposed by the Patriots" of the Dutch cities where French influence was strong. The message is that war with England would lead to the loss of Dutch possessions in the East Indies. Images include: Catholic influence as the Whore of Babylon; Holland as a lion; United Provinces as a sheaf of 7 arrows.
narrative_description
Armed neutrality. Propaganda of the pro-English party of the Stadtholder, which was opposed by the Patriots" of the Dutch cities where French influence was strong. The message is that war with England would lead to the loss of Dutch possessions in the East Indies. Images include: Catholic influence as the Whore of Babylon; Holland as a lion; United Provinces as a sheaf of 7 arrows.
Narrative description
false
References:
Not in BM [?]
references
Not in BM [?]
References
false
Notes:
One of a series of prints reflecting propaganda of parties in the United Provinces preceding the English declaration of war on Dec. 20, 1780. This copy without the dancing French sailor and captain at upper right. Text in Dutch below image. JCB has several variant copies of this image and text. With Dutch text: accession # 31618, 8854, 8855, 8857. With French text: accession # 8858, 31619.
notes
One of a series of prints reflecting propaganda of parties in the United Provinces preceding the English declaration of war on Dec. 20, 1780. This copy without the dancing French sailor and captain at upper right. Text in Dutch below image. JCB has several variant copies of this image and text. With Dutch text: accession # 31618, 8854, 8855, 8857. With French text: accession # 8858, 31619.
Notes
false
Subject:
European political scene
subject
European political scene
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1780
normalized_date
1780
Normalized date
false