print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1871,1209.975
- Title
- Object: Danck-Predikatien
- Description
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A satirical broadside on Oliver Cromwell with an engraving showing the interior of a church; on the left Cromwell with a serpent's tail wearing the papal tiara topped with peacock feathers, a sword hanging behind him and an owl hovering above, preaches from a pulpit, the side of which shows a scene in which the ghost of Bernhard Knipperdolling (1490-1536), the Münster anabaptist and executioner, rises from a grave to hand a book of doctrine and a sword to Cromwell behind whom stands an officer. An angel beside Cromwell in the pulpit draws attention to two open windows, the left with a view of the Battle of Worcester (3 September 1651), the right showing a sea-shore with plundered goods being being sold; the congregation consists of men women and children some of whom are sitting on stools; in the foreground on the right, a small boy is picking a woman's pocket; in the background, to right, in a side chapel up some stairs, a group of women discuss doctrine; with engraved lettering A-D, and with letterpress title, text, verses, and legend in three columns. (n.p.: [1651])
- Production date
- 1651
- Dimensions
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Height: 199 millimetres (engraving)
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Height: 486 millimetres (printed area)
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Width: 271 millimetres (engraving)
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Width: 282 millimetres (printed area)
- Curator's comments
- For a similar view of selling goods on a sea-shore, see BM 1848-9-11-404, van Stolk 2171.
Stephens describes a different impression without letterpress.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Battle of Worcester 3 September 1651
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,1209.975
