Treasure hunters of Muiden, 1800, Image of a strange deception (...) perpetrated on the Lieut. Col. Meulen (...) (title on object), The treasure hunters of Muiden pray around the cross at the site of the alleged treasure. The German scammer runs away with the bag of money, laughing and pointing. Illustration of the story of the deception of the superstitious Catholic lieutenant colonel Dirk Cornelis van der Meulen by a German swindler, in Muiden on the night of August 12 to 13, 1800. In the background is the Muiderslot. On the sheet below the plate a verse in two columns., print

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