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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.211
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Europe in Her Present Disordered State
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Het Tegenwoordig Verward Europa
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1780
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/365333

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and engraving on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 30.8 × 23.2 cm (12 1/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right, graphite, erased: [illegible text]
  • inscription: center right, graphite, erased: [illegible text]
  • inscription: lower right, graphite, erased: [illegible text]
  • inscription: upper left, graphite: Del 3 [G) [?]
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: (Spotprent, 1780)
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: M 4371 b.
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 39099 / [American / Revolution]
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 2500 / N [illegible text] / [illegible text]
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: [left:] Bold Jack! pray, what's the buƒineƒs to-day? Phoo-! pox-! a plot, miƒtaken for a play. / This hurly-burly ƒpoils your ƒport -: you'll find, / There 's humour to your face - , and more behind. / Amazing Fool-! yet tottering on thy bench, / Tho' ƒcorn'd by Spain, and cozn'd by the French - -. / Only the Dutch, not laughing at your noƒe, / Good-natur'd helps, to ƒnatch wat-e'er you loƒe. [right:] Hoezee! tienduizendmaal! van dikhout zaagt men deelen. / 't Gaat wel: by kris en kras! dat heet een hofdrol ƒpeelen. / Puf Spaanesch en Fransch: Mesƒieurs! die poen heeft maakt figuur. / Maar lieve JAck! zie toe: dat ƒtomlen ƒtaat je duur. / ô Boston! Delaware! ô Washington! ôFranƒchen! / Zo mogt Mylord wellhaast een hangmans hornpyp dansƒen. / De BAtaier houdt noch uw Bankƒpel in den haak. / Vermeetle! Loon die trouw, of vrees geregte wraak.
  • countermark: left side of sheet: P[?] L
  • watermark: right side of sheet: [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[William Reese Company, New Haven], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.211
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • International Lampoon: Acerbic Wit in Pictures, Poetry & Prose, auct. cat., William Reese Company (New Haven, 2019), no. 3, repr.

Verification Level

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