print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1871,1209.4816
- Title
- Object: Spaensche Cranckheydt.
- Description
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A broadside satirising the Spanish loss of Maastricht and Limburg in 1632, reprinted after the taking of Dunkirk; with an engraving showing on the left a Spaniard sitting at a table with food, surrounded by three monks and one doctor inspecting a urine sample, on the right numerous men lining up with more foodstuffs, weapons, and a commode; with engraved inscriptions, lettering A-C, and numbering 1-9, and with letterpress title and text in two columns. (n.p.: 1645)
- Production date
- 1645
- Dimensions
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Height: 99 millimetres (engraving)
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Height: 298 millimetres (printed area)
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Width: 268 millimetres (engraving)
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Width: 268 millimetres (printed area)
- Curator's comments
- This broadside differs from the 1632 broadside only in the date of publication.
For a German version of the earlier broadside on the Spanish losses in 1632, see BM 1873-7-12-137.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Taking of Dunkirk 1645
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,1209.4816