Treasure hunters of Muiden, 1800, The treasure hunters of Muiden leave in procession towards the location of the alleged treasure. At the front a man carries a cross, behind it the German swindler with a holy water brush. 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 margin a four-line verse., print, print maker: anonymous, Netherlands, 1800, paper, etching, height, 168 mm × width, 218 mm

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