Eenige der representanten van het volk van Holland [graphic].

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Title: Eenige der representanten van het volk van Holland [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Hess, David, 1770-1843, artist.
Published / Created: [1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A birch-rod placed diagonally, the handle (tied with rope) in the lower left corner of the design. From among the twigs ten heads (caricature portraits) project, also (right) the head of a boar and posteriors emitting smoke. 'O peuple aveugle et endormi! . . . C'est la liberté qui a formé pour ton éducation cette verge salutaire. . . .' Text, 'Ezekiel', vii. II."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue.
One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata.
Plate numbered "18" in upper left corner.
With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English.
Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Emblems: birch rod.
Letterpress explanation lacking.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; 1961.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.7 x 22.1 cm, on sheet 37 x 28 cm + 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Language: Dutch
French
English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1796
England > London > 1796
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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