Cartoon on the peace between the Netherlands and the Emperor, 1785, Reiß eines Preisischen und Französischen Officir, in Holland (title on object), Cartoon on the Treaty of Fontainebleau that ended the Cauldron War, the disputes between the Netherlands and the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, November 8, 1785. The Netherlands paid 8.5 million guilders and accepted other humiliating terms. On the left an Austrian toll tree with an open carriage, driven by a French officer, in which a Prussian officer sits; the officer is stopped by the Austrian official for payment of barrier money, but the two Dutch lackeys standing at the back of the carriage say: we will pay everything so that the Prussian can continue his journey. In the caption the legend 1-4 in German., print, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Johann Martin Will, (mentioned on object), print maker: Germany, publisher: Augsburg, 1785 - 1786, paper, etching, engraving, height, 215 mm × width, 345 mm
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