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Caricature on the Voluntary Offering for the Fatherland
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Caricature on the Voluntary Offering for the Fatherland

Jacob Smies · 1774 - 1833 · brush; paper; watercolor (paint)

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

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A sleeping man by an offering chest, covered with a large spiderweb; a minister with an orange cockade flees away. Two skeletons watch. On the chest: Vrywillig Offer voo[r het] Vaderl[and].

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Credit lineSpotprent op het Vrijwillig Offer voor het Vaderland. 1774 - 1833. Jacob Smies. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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