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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 at the toll. On the toll, a seated figure, a Dutchman, is depicted. On the wall behind the woman, a painting shows a Cupid upside down on a sphere with 'Orange Above'. Princess Charlotte of England, who was once engaged to the Prince of Orange William (later King William II). She broke the engagement on 16 June 1814.

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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