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A Peep into Saldanha Bay or Dutch Perfidy Rewarded, 1796

 Item — Box: LF104/4 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/4/35

Scope and Contents

By Isaac Cruikshank. A short fat Dutchman stands full-face; his pipe falls from his mouth, coins drop from his breeches pockets. His tall hat, full of coins, is held by an English sailor (left) who bends towards him, directing a squirt of tobacco-juice at his face. On the right is another sailor, who seizes a wretched, ragged Frenchman, holding him by a cloth round the neck, and threatening him with a clenched fist. The Dutchman says: "Between John Bull, & the French Republic poor Mynheer will be Robbed of all. D------n the Scheldt." The sailor on the right says: "come come Mynheer the Republicans must not have all the money, we must have a little Handaway d'ye see." The Frenchman, who stands in profile to the left, knees bent, hands clasped, his bonnet-rouge falling from his head, says to his assailant, "by Gar Mynheer has got all de money." On the extreme left is a post or scraggy palm-tree in a tub, inscribed 'Tree of Liberty'; up this a monkey is climbing, while another, chained to it, tries to reach the coins at the feet of the sailor. The background is a low fortification with a cannon in an embrasure. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 1796

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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