Het Committè van Buitelandsche Zaaken

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Het Committè van Buitelandsche Zaaken
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image: 24.3 x 20.3 cm; plate: 27.5 x 22.9 cm; sheet: 29.4 x 24.1 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2915
Published: 
[1796]
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Printed in dark red ink.
Printed in upper left corner of image: 13.
Plate number 13 in the series Hollandia regenerata.

Summary: 

Two French officers stand behind three Dutchmen: one looking into a peep-show (left) inscribed 'L'Armée du Prince Frederic d'Orange', the other two seated in arm-chairs. One of the latter (centre) holds up his hands in pleased surprise; he looks through spectacles held by one Frenchman while the other is about to put a net over his face. The other (right) looks through a telescope; his shrivelled legs are in boots which may conceal cloven hoofs; he wears a cocked hat. On the ground is a torn paper, 'Garantie du Stadhouderat'; a pair of scissors grips the seal which is about to be cut off. Behind it a tiny demon digs with a spade.

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