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Satirical print on the patriotic quacks who bleed the Dutch Maiden, 1787
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Satirical print in which a young woman, the Dutch or Amsterdam Maiden, is bled by four patriots as quacks on a quack doctor's stage. On the right, a jester explains to the audience what is happening. On the sheet below the print, five lines of text with the letters A-E. Possibly following the illegal deposition of the two Orangist mayors W.G. Dedel and M.A. Beels in Amsterdam, 7 July 1787.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSpotprent op de patriotse kwakzalvers die de Nederlandse Maagd aderlaten, 1787. 1787. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.