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Forging the placard
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Forging the placard

anonymous · 1787 - 1790 · etching; paper

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

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Satirical print in which three men with large wigs and turned-away heads forge a placard on an anvil. More documents lie on the ground. With a three-line French caption. Part of a large group of prints relating to the events of the Brabant Revolution and the period 1787-1790.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
cartoonprintsmith, blacksmithBrabantBrabantse omwenteling
Credit lineSmeden van het plakkaat. 1787 - 1790. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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