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Princess Charlotte Exhausted with Her Dutch Toll, 1814
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Princess Charlotte Exhausted with Her Dutch Toll, 1814

George Cruikshank · 1814-07-01 · etching; hand coloring; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Princess Charlotte standing with a whip tells the seated King George IV that she has lost the toll. On the toll is depicted a seated figure, a Dutchman. On the wall behind the woman a painting with a globe on which a Cupid stands on the ball 'Orange Boven'. Princess Charlotte of England, who was once engaged to the Prince of Orange Willem (later King Willem II). She broke the engagement in May 1814. See pendant.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePrinses Charlotte uitgespeeld met haar Hollandse tol, 1814. 1814-07-01. George Cruikshank. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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