The Dutch divisions [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. June 23d, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
[23 June 1787]

Copyright Date:

[23 June 1787]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.0 x 22.2 cm, on sheet 19 x 26 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7171

Notes:

Title etched below image
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Series title etched in upper right corner of plate. For another print in the series, see No. 7214 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Temporary local subject terms: Dutch Republic.
Suckling ; 1956.

Abstract:

"Four monarchs divide between them a map of the territories of the Dutch Republic, all saying, "Let us support the poor Dutch!" In the background (left) the 'Stadt House' falls in ruins, and on a small rock in the sea inscribed 'Texel' a fat Dutchman in back view, looking out to sea, says, "Now, I am an Absolute Monarch"; the words ascend in the smoke of his pipe. He holds a sword and is surrounded by cackling geese. All four sovereigns hold the map, and all shed tears: George III (right) tugs at it with both hands, tearing off a piece inscribed 'Good Hope', 'Java', 'Saba', 'Eustatia', 'Curac', 'Bonaire' (?), 'Coruba', 'St Martins', 'Surinam'. Frederick William of Prussia (left), seated on the ground, wearing a fool's cap decorated with the skull and cross-bones of the Death's Head Hussars, uses a dagger to cut off a piece containing 'Friesland', 'Groningen', 'Overyisel', and 'Ceylon'. The Emperor Joseph, standing opposite Frederick William, slices the map with a large sword, securing 'Utrecht', 'Zalper' (?), 'Holland', 'Molucca Islands'. Between Joseph and George III Louis XVI, dressed as a French fop, uses a pair of shears to cut off 'Guelderland', 'Zeeland', 'Rotterda[m]', and 'Hague'."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Plenipotentiary ; n. 4

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Fores, S. W. [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Harvey, Francis
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Riviere & Son

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1787
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1787
Watermarks (Paper)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

787.06.23.01

Orbis Record:

11650189

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr06244

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10728329

PID:

digcoll:550407