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Cartoon on the treatment in the First Chamber of the cession of the Gold Coast, 1872
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Cartoon on the treatment in the First Chamber of the cession of the Gold Coast, 1872

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans · 1872 · lithography; paper

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

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Satirical print on the arrival of David Mill Graves (the envoy from Elmina) in the Netherlands to protest the transfer to England during the debate on the treaty ceding the Gold Coast in the First Chamber. A black African follows the proceedings from a balcony. Plate published in the weekly De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 3, 1872.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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cartoonprintEerste Kamer der Staten-GeneraalDavid Mill GravesElmina
Credit lineSpotprent over de behandeling in de Eerste Kamer van de afstand van de Goudkust, 1872. 1872. Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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