print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.10316
- Title
- Object: Performance in Holland in Septr & Octr 1787.
- Description
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A sequel to BMSat 7176. Stout Dutchmen, members of the Free Corps, flee in disorder before a fierce Prussian officer, probably the Duke of Brunswick, who advances from the right on a prancing horse, threatening them with a sabre. Some kneel on the ground with their hands clasped in supplication. A French petit-maître, his hat under his arm, runs off, his arms raised deprecatingly. A number of frogs fall over each other in their haste to escape. 18 October 1787
Etching
- Production date
- 1787
- Dimensions
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Height: 322 millimetres
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Width: 399 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)
The Free Corps made no stand against the Prussian troops; French support was not forthcoming. Amsterdam closed its gates and endured a short siege relying on help from France, but surrendered on 10 October. See also BMSat 7172, &c. For a copy see under BMSat 7176.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.10316