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Punishment of English pride, 1780
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Punishment of English pride, 1780

anonymous · 1780 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Satirical print on the precarious position of the English in 1780. An Englishman is stripped to his shirt, chained, threatened and crowned with a fool's cap by the other European countries. On the sheet below the plate the explanation of the numbers 1-10 in the scene.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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cartoonprintFourth Anglo-Dutch War
Credit lineBestraffing van de Engelse hoogmoed, 1780. 1780. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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