Patriotic burghers attacking the House of Orange [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Patriotic burghers attacking the House of Orange [graphic]
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, artist
- Contributor
- Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [4 August 1787]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published 4th August 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Abstract
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"A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour inscribed 'Prince van Orange'. From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- William V, Prince of Orange -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: Emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787.
Mounted on page 55. - Provenance
- Charles W. Traylen; May 1960;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 31.7 x 39.8 cm, on sheet 34 x 41 cm.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Soft-ground etchings England London 1787 - Material
- soft-ground etching ;
- Subject (Name)
- William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806
- Subject (Topic)
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Frogs
Guns
Liberty cap
Signs (Notices) - Subjects
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William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frogs
Guns
Liberty cap
Signs (Notices)
England > 1787
England > London > 1787
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11649548
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194423