Cartoon on the peace concluded in Paris ending the Ketel War, the disputes between the Netherlands and the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, 8 November 1785 In a room, the Austrian emperor and the French king Louis XVI divide a Dutch cheese Frederick of Prussia enters the room and also wants to partake of the cheese The Elector of Cologne sweeps the crumbs from the table On the wall a wall map of the Scheldt and the city of Antwerp where the incident with the imperial brig took place In the caption an explanation of the scene in German and French On the reverse, a faint counterprint of the same


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