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Explication de ce tableau touchant l'etat de la Nation d'Angleterre.
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Explication de ce tableau touchant l'etat de la Nation d'Angleterre.

Date1780
OriginEurope, Netherlands, Amsterdam
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching
DimensionsTrimmed to plate: 8 1/2" X 13 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-89
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "Explication de ce tableau touchant l'etat de la Nation d'Angleterre. I Erklärung dieses Kupser, in denen jezigen ummstände der Engl. Nation."
Label TextA cow representing the commerce of great Britain stands passively on the sea-shore while an American with a feathered cap saws off her horns; one horn i already off and lying on the ground. A Dutchman milks the cow, looking over his shoulder with a grin. France, a foppishly-dressed Frenchman, and Spain, a don in slashed doublet and cloak, hold bowls of milk. In the foreground lies the Br tish lion asleep, unconscious of pug-dog which stands on his back, befouling him . Behind the lion stands a plainly-dressed Englishman clasping his hands in de pair.