Cartoon on the peace between the Netherlands and the emperor, 1785, 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 conditions. 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 (members of the Dutch States), standing at the back of the carriage, say: 'We pay my Lord!' on which the Prussian can continue his journey. In the caption an explanation in French and German., print, print maker: anonymous, Germany, 1785 - 1786, paper, etching, engraving, height, 205 mm × width, 313 mm
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