Cartoon on the prince, the duke and the political situation of the Netherlands in 1784, Cartoon on the miserable political situation of the country in 1784. The horn of the Dutch cow is sawed off by Emperor Joseph II while an Englishman, Empress Catherine the Great and King Frederik of Prussia also tried to obtain parts of the animal. Meanwhile, the Duke of Brunswick escapes from the Netherlands in a hot air balloon. On the right, Prince Willem V has been pulled out of his high chair and is being spanked by women on his bare bottom. On the sheet below the plate explanation in verse form in


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