Allegory of adversity, 1806, Allegorical scene with a boat in which a naked woman sits during a heavy storm, Death has put his arm around her. Lightning bolts shoot from the sky, drowning people in the waves. On the shore a snake and a burning city. Allegory of man and society, 1806. In the caption two four-line verses in Dutch and French, on either side of the vignette 'Kunst zy ons Doel'. See also the pendant with Prosperity., print, print maker: Jacob Ernst Marcus, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Willem Kok, (mentioned on object), publisher: J. van Ledden Hulsebosch, Netherlands, 1806, paper, etching, engraving, height, 341 mm × width, 384 mm
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Allegory, adversity, 1806, Allegorical scene, boat, naked woman sits, heavy storm, Death, arm, Lightning bolts shoot, sky, drowning people, waves, shore, snake, burning city, man, society, caption two four-line verses, Dutch, French, side, vignette, Kunst zy ons Doel, See also, pendant, Prosperity, print, print maker, Jacob Ernst Marcus, mentioned, object, drawing, Willem Kok, publisher, J, van Ledden Hulsebosch, Netherlands, paper, etching, engraving, height, 341 mm × width, 384 mm
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