Bold Jack!
1780
P&E L1990.1.143
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Title
Bold Jack!
Variant Title
[Europe in her present disordered state]
Published
[Holland?] ca. 1780
Description
1 hand-colored print; 26 x 37 cm. on sheet 27 x 37 cm.
Call Number
P&E L1990.1.143
Note
Suspended from a unicorn's horn is a large table (England's Bank of Exchange), weighted at one end by an Englishman, "Bold Jack" who is being pushed from behind by a young child dressed as an American Indian, and being pulled off the table to the ground by a figure marked Washington and another marked B. Franklin. At the other end of the table, a Dutchman attempts to provide balance while consulting with another merchant who is attending to accounts. Windmills and dairy cattle in the background suggest the richness of Holland's economy.
The verse below underscores the precarious state of the English economy and depicts the Dutch bankers more than ready "to snatch what-e'er you [England] lose."
The title listed is from first line of English text below the image. The "other title" is the one used in the British museum catalogue, no. 5721
This copy differs from the image reproduced in Dolmetsch. Library copy lacks stone arch and identifies the two figures in right foreground as Washington and Franklin rather than France and Spain respectively.
On paper watermarked B. Brijn.
Exhibited at Anderson House in a display of satirical prints, caricatures, and political incorrectness in the age of reason, May 14 - September 30, 2002. Stored as matted.
The verse below underscores the precarious state of the English economy and depicts the Dutch bankers more than ready "to snatch what-e'er you [England] lose."
The title listed is from first line of English text below the image. The "other title" is the one used in the British museum catalogue, no. 5721
This copy differs from the image reproduced in Dolmetsch. Library copy lacks stone arch and identifies the two figures in right foreground as Washington and Franklin rather than France and Spain respectively.
On paper watermarked B. Brijn.
Exhibited at Anderson House in a display of satirical prints, caricatures, and political incorrectness in the age of reason, May 14 - September 30, 2002. Stored as matted.
Indexed In
Dolmetsch, Joan D. Rebellion and reconciliation, 68
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