A dutch soldier (left) and his wife (right), joining hands, dance round a tree of liberty to music supplied by a foppish french soldier on the extreme left who beats a drum and blows a trumpet, and by a stout dutchman on the extreme right who plays bagpipes inscribed 'vader-lands liefde' (love of country). The 'tree' is a pole surmounted by a milk-churn inscribed 'vryheid \ gellykheid \ broederscha[p]', [this inscription (liberty, equality, fraternity) occurs on dutch prints after the french invasion, e. G. Van stolk, no. 5299; muller, no. 5385. ] above which is a cap of liberty shaped like a fool's cap, and a tricolour flag inscribed 'hollandia regenerate[a]'. On the churn sits a parroquet, 'trying to imitate the patriotic accents of his french brothers'. A monkey climbs up the pole as in bmsat 8831. Texts, 'acts', vii. 41, and 'job', xviii. 16. 1796
etching printed in red. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 259 mm; Width: 214 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Dansons la Camagnole! Vive le son! Vive le son! &y m (BM 1851,0901.1311)
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