Cartoon on the Treaty of Fontainebleau, 1785, Politische Käß Collation oder Die demüthigte Mijn Heers (title on object), Cartoon on the peace concluded in Paris that ended the Cauldron War, the disputes between the Netherlands and the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, 8 November 1785. The Netherlands paid million guilders and accepted other humiliating terms. In a tent, Emperor Joseph distributes a Dutch cheese among Frederick of Prussia, Catherine the Great, Louis XVI and representatives of Sweden, Spain, and England. The Dutchman complains about his fate. On the left a night watchman with a

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