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King and Queen of the Mississippi, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A couple with a child, the man and woman designated as the King and Queen of the Mississippi, standing in a landscape. In the background, cannibalism, roasting human limbs on a fire. Used as a reference to the Mississippi Company. Print in the bound fourth edition (304 B 12) of Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKoning en koningin van de Mississippi, 1720. 1600 - 1650. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
