Allegory on Oliver Cromwell, Cartoon on Cromwell, 1652, Portrayal of the Prideful Republic of England, With a Prognostication of the famous D. Nosterdamus, already over 60. Years predated by him, forcing the War between England and Holland (title on object), Cartoon on Cromwell and the English in the First English War, 1652. Oliver Cromwell is crowned with a crown of peacock feathers by a coin-shitting griffin or bird of prey. He restrains the Frenchman under the arm, and with the other hand removes the entrails from the stomach of a murdered Dutchman, between his legs the Scot and the Irish beg for mercy. In the background small representations of the triggers for the war: the selling of stolen goods, the beheading of King Charles I and two predictions: the destruction of the English fleet by firecrackers and the attack on the Englishman by the Dutch Lion with the help of the Scot., the Frenchman and the Irishman. On the sheet below the plate a verse in 4 columns and the legend A-L., print, print maker: Crispijn van de Passe (II), (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1652, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 399 mm × width, 265 mm
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