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Amsterdam in a dam’d predicament, – or – The Last Scene of the Republican Pantomime
James Gillray, 1787-11-01
In this scene by the famous English caricaturist James Gillray, William V’s restoration as stadtholder after the Prussian invasion has become a bloody stage play. The British watch these foolish Continental antics with their usual amused aloofness. The stadtholder unleashes a bloodbath among the Patriots – once more portrayed as frogs – whilst in the background Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia allows them to kiss her bottom.
- Artwork typeprint, cartoon
- Object numberRP-P-OB-77.563
- Dimensionsheight 330 mm x width 445 mm
- Physical characteristicsets met de hand gekleurd