Netherlands, Inauguration of the Belgian Tree of Liberty, Belgian Tree of Liberty, 1830, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the appointment of the Provisional Government and the proclamation of Belgian independence, 1830. The members of the Provisional Government are dancing around the tree of liberty, at the top of which sits a monkey with its bottom exposed. A portrait of a Turk or Arab hangs around the monkey's backside. Female volunteers with rifles are posted on the left and right. In the foreground, De Potter crouches with his trousers around his neck and tries to relieve himself, a girl hands him a piece of paper and says 'it's all wind'., print, engraving, cartoon, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 218 mm, width 163 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1830 - 1831, paper, papier, etching, hand-colouring
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