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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
8871-2
Title:
[IX DE TWEEDE OECONOMISCHE PLAAT. EERWARDIGEN NEDERLANDER]. [The second economic print. Worthy Dutchman].
Place:
[Amsterdam]?
Date:
[1780]?
Image technique:
Engraving, colored.
Image dimensions:
25 x 37.7 cm. (plate mark).
Narrative description:
Investment. A warning against investing in British securities, both on economic and political grounds. Images include: Dutch laborers and artisans receiving gold; Europeans begging for gold; oculist; eye glasses; government as a temple under repair; Britain as a dog; France as a cock; Holland as a lion; Dutch merchant fleet; liberty cap; Mercury as Commerce.
References:
BM 5720
Notes:
One of a series of prints produced by anti-British interests in the United Provinces (especially Amsterdam) who were eager for war. JCB has another copy, accession # 8871 (which has 12-line explanation on sheet pasted below image).
Subject:
European political scene.
Normalized date:
1780

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[IX DE TWEEDE OECONOMISCHE PLAAT. EERWARDIGEN NEDERLANDER]. [The second economic print. Worthy Dutchman].