English plenipotentiaries insulted on the streets of Utrecht, during The Congress of Utrecht, 1712
Illustration by Henry Marriott Paget (1857-1936) from a history of England published in 1906. The Congress of Utrecht opened on 29 January 1712. From the book: The English plenipotentiaries pressed the Allies more and more zealously to come in, so much so that they were scarcely safe from the fury of the Dutch populace, who insulted the Earl of Strafford and the Marquis del Borgo, the Minister of the Duke of Savoy, when the news came that the duke had consented to the peace. Info from wiki: Although the fate of the Spanish Netherlands in particular was of interest to the United Provinces, Dutch influence on the outcome of the negotiations was fairly insignificant, even though the talks were held on their territory. The French negotiator Melchior de Polignac taunted the Dutch with the scathing remark de vous, chez vous, sans vous,[10] meaning that negotiations would be held "about you, around you, without you."
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