Satirical print on the return to the so-called good old times, 1828
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Satirical print on the return to the so-called good old times, 1828. In the foreground two poachers are hanged on the order of the landlord, a child is forced by his mother to watch, on the right two Jesuits look on smiling. In the background a building with the inscription 'Ignorantias', above the building an angel holds a large hammer. Next to it a castle flying the flag 'féodalité'. On the left the building 'Enseignem.t mutuel' is being demolished. Below the scene a song in eight couplets. Satirical print possibly in connection with the fear of the return of old feudal conditions and reactionary laws due to the arrival of the Jesuits in the Southern Netherlands and the subsequent expulsion and banishment of these Jesuits across the Belgian border in October and November 1828.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description