Cartoon on Cromwell, 1656, Cartoon on Oliver Cromwell from 1656. Cromwell as the whore of Babylon mounted on the seven-headed dragon threatens the Catholic monarchs Philip IV and Ferdinand III and tramples on symbols of the Catholic Church. Representatives of the States of the United Provinces flee from his violence. Behind the dragon the chained captive princes of other countries. A knight chained by the devil spins the dragon's tail. Inscriptions in Dutch in the performance. Marked top right: Page. 3., print, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Jan van Souffenborgh, (mentioned on object

---

Size: 4526px × 3753px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -headed, 3, 161, 203, 1656, anonymous, babylon, captive, cartoon, catholic, chained, church, cologne, countries, cromwell, devil, dragon, dutch, engraving, ferdinand, flee, height, iii, inscriptions, iv, jan, knight, maker, marked, mentioned, mm, monarchs, mounted, object, oliver, page, paper, performance, philip, princes, print, provinces, publisher, representatives, souffenborgh, spins, states, symbols, tail, threatens, top, tramples, united, van, violence, whore, width, ×