Cartoon on the dispute between the States General and the Emperor over the Scheldt, 1784, The Noble Dutchman or the Verbonbreakende Kyser (title on object), Cartoon on the dispute between the States General and the German Emperor Joseph II about the right to free passage on the Scheldt. The Scheldemaagd is attacked by an Austrian officer; on the right, the Dutch citizen warns the emperor who has torn up treaties, including the Russian empress Catherine and a monkey with an imperial crown. In the background the incident with the imperial brig Louis and the Dutch schooner Dolphijn on October 8

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