Caption title., Explanation in letterpress of the print: Toestand der Engelsche Natie (State of the English Nation). It was originnally issued with the print and is a translation of the original explanation in the Westminster magazine., and See Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum, vol. 5, no. 5726.
Title from item., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: Gy arme bubbeltjes, wel, wel ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Apollo -- Jesters -- Figure of Liberty -- Figure of Justice -- Mercury., Watermark in the right part of sheet., and Title translation on verso: Judgment of Apollo over the bubbles.
A celebration in front of City Hall in the Hague in honour of William III
Alternative Title:
Illuminations et autres marques d'honneur de la maison de ville
Description:
Title in Dutch above image; title in French below image., Printmaker: Romeyn de Hooghe., and Plate from: Bidloo, G. Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III in Holland. The Hague : Arnold Leers, 1691.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Result of the wind trade., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Six columns of verse in Dutch below image: 1. Siet hier Mynheer de Directeur ..., Plate 27 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in the right part of sheet.
Title engraved above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: True portrait of the renowned Mr. Quinquenpoix., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Image on smaller plate set in center of a larger plate engraved with title and verse., Two columns of verse in Dutch on either side of image plate: Kom uit, kom uit, het regent nu dukaten ..., and Plate 63 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title from text in image., Text at top left, above image: "Tom. III. Pag: 596.", Place of publication from printmaker's known place of activity., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and In paper frame: 329 x 249 mm.
"A companion print to BMSat 5720. The "rich young Dutchman", who is the subject of the print, appears in it in two different situations. He sits (right) on his open money-chest, which is supported on four low wooden wheels, and filled with money-bags, holding a paper in his hand and pointing contemptuously to the right, where another Dutchman stands by a booth of Dutch wares. He pays no attention to an Englishman (right), "Meester John altyd op en te kort" (Master John always short of cash), who takes one of his money-bags and points with his left hand towards a temple falling to ruin in the distance. The Dutchman carelessly allows the money-chest to be dragged to the left by Folly in cap and bells, by a Frenchman, and by two richly dressed women, one of meretricious appearance with loose hair, the other with a haughty expression and hair dressed in an enormous pyramid. A third man, wearing a high toupet-wig, turns his back on the money-chest as he drinks from a large bottle. On the left of this group the "rich young Dutchman" appears again standing passively with a pleased expression while he is decked out in French garments: a little boy wearing a bag-wig hands him a high toupet-wig with a long queue, a man helps him to put on a coat, and on the left a Frenchman bows low before him holding a feathered hat. Another Frenchman standing behind holds out a sword. Behind this group is a booth of English goods with a placard: "Engelsche kraam", in front of it is a draped platform on which stand the English salesman (left) and his assistant (right), the latter dressed like the zany who accompanied mountebanks and quack-doctors. The salesman holds out a roll of figured material and points to the right; he appears to be addressing the spectators. His assistant hands a pile of crockery to a man (right) who holds out his hands to receive it. The shelves of the booth are stacked with crockery, &c, while textiles hang from projecting poles. On the extreme left is a solid and lofty stone gateway or triumphal arch. Over the arch is carved a fool's head, with cap and bells; festoons of bells from the cap decorate the façade. Four men, partly visible, blow trumpets and horns from the summit of the arch. In the foreground (left) a stall or booth of French wares is partly visible in front of the arch. Its penthouse roof has a placard inscribed "Modes de Paris". Elaborately trimmed hats and ribbons hang from a cord. Beneath it, beside a chest, stands a man dressed in the French manner holding out his hands persuasively towards the "rich young Dutchman" as if to recommend his wares. He appears from the explanation to be Charles III of Spain (allied to France by the Family Compact). At his feet is a pile of feathered hats, &c, and a monkey who holds out a feathered hat towards the Dutchman. Through the archway is seen a formal garden with clipped hedges and a fountain in the distance. In alcoves in the hedges two couples are making love. Two men are fighting with swords. At two tables parties of men and women dressed in the French fashion are feasting. A couple advance towards the tables through the archway. These figures are on a minute scale. In the foreground on the extreme right, a pendant to the "Modes de Paris", is a Dutch booth with a placard inscribed "Hollandsche Waaren". By it stands the plainly dressed Dutch salesman at whom the "rich young Dutchman" with the money-chest is pointing disdainfully. His wares are all solid and plain: corded bales, rolls of textiles, a pile of plain round hats. Under the roof of the booth stands an enormous chest; stockings, gloves, and garments hang from a line. In the distance (right) is the sea, two ships in full sail are fighting. On the shore is a circular temple (the temple of the state), its roof supported by tottering pillars which a crowd of men on a minute scale are pulling down (? or shoring up)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Eerste oeconomische plaat, VI De eerste oeconomische plaat, Jongen ryken hollander, First economic print, and Rich young Dutchman
Description:
Titles and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Number VI precedes title., and Second state, without letters on box.
Title from explanation accompanying print in the John Carter Brown Library., Date from similar print. Cf. No. 5724 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Sheet trimmed., and Names added in ms. identifying figures in print.