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Cartoon on the Treaty of Fontainebleau, 1785, Aspecten der gegenwärtigen Lage Hollands (title on object), Cartoon on the peace concluded in Paris that ended the Kettle War, the disputes between the Netherlands and the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, November 8, 1785. The Netherlands paid million guilders and accepted other humiliating conditions. The Dutchman is chained to a money box, on the right Emperor Joseph II accepts a ship from Mercury on his throne. In the background the free navigation on the Scheldt, in the front right Mars strips the river maiden of the Scheldt of her chains
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