Committee of General Vigilance, 1795, The Committee of General Vigilance (title on object), Hollandia Regenerata (series title), Cartoon on the Committee of General Vigilance, 1795. Five members of this committee are drunk and asleep, the man in the middle is blind and holds two candles (marked = Prince of Orange). On the floor is a rooster (symbol of vigilance) whose head has been cut off., print maker: James Gillray (possibly), intermediary draughtsman: David Hess, London, 1795, paper, etching, height 275 mm × width 219 mm


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