Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: [VI DER EERSTE OECONOMISCHE PLAAT. EEN JONGEN RYKEN HOLLANDER]. [The first economic print. A rich young Dutchman.]
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Accession number:
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8866-2
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Title:
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[VI DER EERSTE OECONOMISCHE PLAAT. EEN JONGEN RYKEN HOLLANDER]. [The first economic print. A rich young Dutchman.]
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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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Engraving
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Image dimensions:
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22.5 x 35.5 cm.
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Narrative description:
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European political scene. A plea for Dutch economic self-sufficiency. Images include: Britain as a bull; Britain as a huckster; Charles III, King of Spain, as a huckster; Delight, as a woman; Drunkenness as a man; Folly as a clown; France as Jean Poli; Holland as a merchant and as a rich young man; Luxury as a woman; Wantonness as a woman.
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References:
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BM 5717
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Notes:
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Accompanied by a 9-line engraved explanation. JCB has four variants of this print. One is colored (accession # 8865-2 which lacks "Be[jami]n Franklin Boston" on the cart. ). The other three prints show different states of the print. Accession # 8867 does not have any printing on signs. Accession #8866-2 (with variant explanation from colored print) has "Modes de Paris" and "Englesche Kraam". Accession # 31620 has the two above signs, plus "Be[jami]n Franklin Boston" on the cart.
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Subject:
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European political scene
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Normalized date:
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1780
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