Allegory of adversity, 1806, Allegorical scene with a boat in which a naked woman sits during a heavy storm, Death has put his arm around her. Lightning bolts shoot from the sky, drowning people in the waves. On the shore a snake and a burning city. Allegory of man and society, 1806. In the caption two four-line verses in Dutch and French, on either side of the vignette 'Kunst zy ons Doel'. See also the pendant with Prosperity., print, print maker: Jacob Ernst Marcus, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Willem Kok, (mentioned on object), publisher: J. van Ledden Hulsebosch, Netherlands

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