print;
satirical print;
title-page
- Museum number
- 1854,0513.522.32
- Title
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Object: De Spaansche Carravaan (The Spanish Caravan)
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Series: Esopus in Europa
- Description
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Title page to a tract entitled "De Spaansche Carravaan", no. 32 in the series entitled "Esopus in Europa"; in the centre, an etching showing a Spaniard, with spectacles and a ruff, cowering beside his ass laden with baggage: a portrait of "his whore", a backgammon board, a close-stool, a guitar, a sword, a dagger, a chocolate pot. On the ground a tortoise is followed by a snail; a soldier-, or hermit-crab retreats into its shell. The Spaniard is shown again on a hilltop beyond, raising his arms in fear, his ass running away without baggage; a mounted knight in armour appears on the right; behind is a large fortress. 1702
Etching with letterpress printed in black ink
- Production date
- 1702
- Dimensions
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Height: 95 millimetres (image plate)
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Height: 189 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 134 millimetres (image plate)
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Width: 145 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The tract likens Philip V to the boastful Spaniard in a fable who claims that he will stand up to any opponent, but falls from his horse at the first sight of the Pope's cavalier whom he has, in fact, no reason to fear.
For comment on the series see 1854,0513.522.1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Wars of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
- Acquisition date
- 1854
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1854,0513.522.32
