print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1994,1211.3
- Title
- Object: Hans the pickpockett
- Description
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Satirical print showing Hans personifying the Dutch picking the pocket of the dueller personifying England at left while crowning him with a jester's cap; behind the second dueller personifying France at right is a line of galleons. c.1690
Engraving
- Production date
- 1690
- Dimensions
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Height: 210 millimetres
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Width: 340 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Literature: M.Jones 'The Print in Early Modern England: An Historical Oversight', New Haven and London, 2010, pp.119.
Jones records that the message of the print is clearly that William III's war with the French is foolish and that he is merely being exploited by his Dutch allies.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1994
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1994,1211.3