Dutch woman with child

A Dutch woman in a wide plaid skirt and red blouse, cape and hat, at her left hand a boy, probably her son; her right hand slightly raised; she looks to the right. The text in Japanese characters was written by the (satirical) writer/journalist Kanagaki Robun (1829-1894): 'The name of the land is the Netherlands. The land is divided into seventeen provinces, and its capital is Amsterdam. People are good at technology and arts, and science is understood very well there. There are of course hospitals and schools in the land, and there are even educational institutions for the handicapped. They recently acquired a new land in the south, and named it New Holland. They specialize in trade, collect curiosities from the world, and make fortunes on their commerce. (Yokohama-e).