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Satirical print on the French peasant soldiers, 1706
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Satirical print on the French peasant soldiers, 1706

anonymous · 1706 · etching; paper

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

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Satirical print on French peasant soldiers who flee to the latrine when it comes to fighting. Standing French peasant with flail and winnowing fan, behind him a peasant blows a horn with a scythe. In the caption a verse of six lines in French. Part of a series of 19 satirical prints on the French and their allies from the year 1706.

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Credit lineSpotprent op de Franse boerensoldaten, 1706. 1706. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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