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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
8874
Title:
[Het tegenwoordig verward Europa] [Europe in her present disordered state]
Place:
[Amsterdam]
Date:
[1780]
Image technique:
Engraving
Image dimensions:
15. x 21.8 cm.
Narrative description:
European political scene. Dutch investments in England are presented as maintaining the integrity of British credit. Images include: America as an Indian child; the English bank as a carved desk suspended from a unicorn's horn; France with a sword; Spain with a crutch; Dutch merchants.
References:
BM 5721
Notes:
8-line verse in English and Dutch engraved in 2 columns below image. Accompanied by letterpress explanation, "Verklaaring van sekere geestige staatkundige konst-plaat," numbered 1-8 (2 copies). Revised state of the plate, wide masonry border added. Title from BM Catalogue.
Subject:
European political scene
Normalized date:
1780
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