Author: Allard, Carel
Title: Veld-heere klokspys op 't kasteel v[an] Ryssel
Description: Anvers, H. Aarssens (= Amsterdam, Carel Allard, 1708). Etching on paper. Good condition. Pasted on thick paper. 296x190 mm. Rare. Cartoon about the famine of the French side during the siege of Rijssel (Lille) in 1708. A French soldier is chopping up a horse for food. In the background the French commanders are dining with horse meat. Text in Dutch and French. This print is prat of the series Het Palmhof der Bondgenooten, consisting of 9 cartoons, unnumbered, about the French side during the year 1708 in de Spanish War. See Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-83.133-83, Atlas van Stolk 3307.

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