Historical Scenes of Betrayal

Dramatic engravings depicting intimate moments of betrayal, love, and tension in vintage settings, featuring rich costumes and detailed interiors.

A man kneels before the bed of his beloved The two are surprised by her husband Title illustration for volume 4 of a book about the perils of love, Ruse de l'Amour , print maker: Charles Ange Boily, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Benjamin Samuel Bolomey, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, (possibly), c. 1753 - 1813, paper, etching, h 165 mm × w 103 mm

The Spanish Heidin Preciosa; Spanish Heidin pretiosa. The Spanish Heidin Preciosa stands for a richly dressed man. A woman a breast from Preciosa. Behind this threesome steals an older woman jewelery from a box that is on the table for her. "Heiden" was a contemporary name for Roma. Print at the top right labeled: Tom. I. PAG. I.

Man kneels for woman in bedroom; Title page for: Gilbert de Flines, and Alain René Lesage, the unfaithful feeder, Bly game, 1719.in a Sleeping Room a Man Knee for a Woman, Holds His Hands for His Heart. On The Left is a servant that watches. A bed in the background.

Don Quixote Vecht against Marionettes, Bernard Picart, After Charles -Antoine Coypel, 1732 - 1733 print Don Quixote attacks the Moorish puppets during the performance with his sword. The audience watches laughing. In the margin a two -way caption in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Don Quixote

Aristodemus Prince of Cuma betrayed by Xenocrite, Arnold Houbraken, 1699 print Aristodemus Prince of Cuma lies in bed in a dark sleeping room, while he is betrayed by his Cozootin Xenocrite, who has set up his subjects against him. She has a torch in her hand, the two soldiers carry stabs in her hand. Top right: fol. 577. Print used in a book by Lambert van den Bos with a total of twenty prints by Arnold Houbraken. publisher: Dordrechtpublisher: Rotterdam paper etching darkness. bedroom. candle. Betrayal. violent death by dagger, knife

A man kneels before the bed of his beloved The two are surprised by her husband Title illustration for volume 4 of a book about the perils of love, Ruse de l'Amour , print maker: Charles Ange Boily, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Benjamin Samuel Bolomey, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, (possibly), c. 1753 - 1813, paper, etching, h 165 mm × w 103 mm

Allegory with personnifications of freedom and unity.

Sullivan's Paul Before Felix ca. 1800 Dent British. Sullivan's Paul Before Felix 417892

Jean Michel Moreau and Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet after Pierre Antoine Baudouin, Le couché de la mariée, 1768 Le couché de la mariée

The Dutch Virgin reports about the victory, 1781, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1782 print Allegory on the sea battle near Doggersbank between the Dutch and the British fleet on August 5, 1781. The Dutch Virgin reports to the sitting female personification of the world about the victory in the sea battle. Northern Netherlands China paper etching / engraving personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. Netherlands

Wife kneels for a distinguished gentleman, Jan Wandelaar, 1722 - 1723 print A man in distinguished clothing stands by a chair. A woman with a handkerchief in her hand kneels in front of him. There is a bodyguard in the distance. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving Forgivingness. kneeling before a ruler

A man is looking out of the window through a telescope as young children play on a rocking horse. Etching.

Alexander the Great Crown Roxane, Samuel Czetter, After Peter Paul Rubens, 1841 - 1878 print paper engraving / etching marriage of Alexander and Roxana

Nous n'avons pas le patience d'attendre que nous fussions seuls. Dated: published 1797. Medium: pen and black ink and brush and black ink with gray wash. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Louis-Joseph Lefevre.

Joseph de Longueil after Charles Eisen, La jolie fermiere La jolie fermiere

Illustration for 'Life of a Badly Brought Up Young Lady'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1779. Prints; etchings. Etching

Jacobus II throws the proposals for a free parliament in the fire and flight, 1688, 1689 print The English king Jacobus II throws the proposals for a fairly parliament in the fire and flight, December 20, 1688. Northern Netherlands paper etching flight of ruler from adversary

Left part of a print with the visit of Alexander the Great and Hephaestion to the captured family of the Persian King Darius III after the Battle of Issos. The woman of Darius, surrounded by female members of the family, points to her son. A monkey in the foreground. Drawing three lines of Latin.

Man offers a woman a coin, Salomon Savery, after Pieter Jansz Quast, 1630 - 1718 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving courtesan, hetaera. coin

Bedroom interior with company and ragotin in a box, Louis Surugue, after Jean Baptiste François Pater, 1732 print Ragotin is liberated from a box, a gallant group watches. publisher: ParisFrance paper engraving / etching (SCARRON, ROMAN COMIQUE) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). chest, coffer

Woman places peat in the fireplace with a tongs; The tongs.

Le seducteur. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Niclas Lafrensen II.

Caesar bewondert Alexander de Grote.During his trip to Spain, Caesar reads the biography of Alexander the Great by admiration. He sits at a table and points to his bust.

Charles Warren, 1767-1823, British, Much Ado... Act IV, Sc. 1, May 21, 1803.

Plates 9-11, from Nella Venuta. Franz Edmund Weirotter (Austrian, 1730-1771); after Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin (French, 1735-1802). Date: 1764. Dimensions: 141 × 110 mm (plate I×); 141 × 110 mm (plate ×, left); 139 × 96 mm (plate ×, right); 140 × 99 mm (plate ×I); 154 × 252 mm (sheet, unfolded). Four etchings in black on ivory laid paper, folded. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Gaius Fabricius refuses the gifts of King Pyrrhus, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, after Jacobus Buys, 1794 print King Pyrrhus tries to buy Gaius Fabricius with gifts. He eventually even offers him an elephant. Amsterdam paper C. Fabricius refuses the gifts of Pyrrhus

Man with foot junk gets served food for the fireplace; The Podagreus.

Birth of Pyrrhus, Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727-1815, Annibale Carracci, Italian, 1560-1609, John Chamberlaine, English, 1745 - 1812, Line and stipple engraving in brown ink on white paper, Pryyhus lies on a cushion in his mother's lap, as she dries a cloth near the fire, right. Three women are looking on, left, while beyond, another is lying on a bed, three figures behind her. To the right, three more in a doorway., England, 1797, Print, Print

Man scares of a woman who decreases her veil; Horst and Lina.

Vatican City, Papal court, Italy, Arconio, Mario, Rome, Villamena, Francesco, Annunciation, verso - stamped, The angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will become pregnant. On the left, Gabriel descends with a lily in his hand. On the right, Mary sits behind a lectern. Dedication and Latin text in two columns in a cartouche in the lower margin., print, prints, height 374 mm, width 271 mm, Italian, 1566 - 1624-07-07, print maker, printmaker, 1598 - 1598, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, - 1635, after a design by, granter of privilege

Shakspeare. Merry wives of Windsor, act I, scene I , Houses, Doors & doorways, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

Alexander de Grote in Zijn Arts Philippe, Benoît Audran (I), Benoît Audran (I), after Eustache Lesueur, 1711 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Alexander on his sick-bed is presented with a potion by his physician Philip; while drinking it, he gives a letter to read, in which Parmenio advises Alexander to beware of his physician

Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.

Interior with an old man lying in bed, surrounded by various figures; La Dame De Charité. An old man is in bed in a poor interior, surrounded by family members and a sister. On a chair next to his bed is a woman of higher descent, which offers him a pouch.

Death of Monima, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, After Jacobus Buys, 1799 print Bacchides says that Monima was sentenced to death by the king. She then removes the royal hair band from the head to hang herself with. However, the band tears on which she is killed with the sword. Amsterdam paper etching male persons from classical history (MONIMA)

Clio tilt canvas for images of historical events, Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, After Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1784 print paper etching Clio (one of the Muses); 'Clio' (Ripa). historical events and situations

Northern Netherlands, Wandelaar, Jan, Peter denies Christ, verso lower left - stamped, Peter sits with three soldiers around a fire place. At the front right is a rooster. The maid next to Peter points to Christ, who stands in the background before Caiaphas. Top right: page: 159., print, book illustration, prints, height 150 mm, width 85 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1725 - 1725, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Elizabeth Grey imploring King Edward IV of England for the restitution of her deceased husband John Grey's lands. Her two sons stand behind her before a castle staircase. Lady Gray's interview with Edward IV. Copperplate engraving from M. A. Jones History of England from Julius Caesar to George IV, G. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1836.

The Judgment of Solomon 1595-1633 Boetius Adams Bolswert Netherlandish. The Judgment of Solomon 377045

Offering to Lares. Vincenzo Camuccini (Italian, 1771-1844); printed by Alois Senefelder (German, 1771-1834). Date: 1810. Dimensions: 208 x 335 mm (image); 240 x 365 mm (sheet). Lithograph on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Man fires a gun in a bedroom. .

Marriage between Apollo and a young lady, Daniël Vrevalwaard (I), After Jacob Smies, 1833 print In an interior, a man with his finger on a sheet of paper on the table points for him. At the table is Apollo, with a arrow cooker and arch, with a pen in his hand. On the other side of the table a young lady with a veil. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving caricatures (human types). (civil) marriage ceremonies. (story of) Apollo (Phoebus) (+ variant)

Zuilenportiek with sitting women and standing man, Jacques Beauvarlet, After Carle van Loo, 1769 print Paris paper etching / engraving sitting figure - AA - female human figure. standing figure. making music; musician with instrument

Woman pointing at Death, a figure on deathbed, Jan Luyken, Pieter Arentsz II, 1687

'Alfred the Great making a collection of Laws', 1773. Creator: Charles Grignion.

Ahasveros gives the ring to Mordecai, Matthijs Pool, After Bernard Picart, 1720 - 1728 print King Ahasveros takes off the signet ring that he had taken from Haman, enemy of the Jews, and gives it to Mordecai. Ester stands between them and gives Mordecai the management of Hamans possessions. Illustration of the Bible text est. 8: 2. Under the show the title in Hebrew, English, German, Latin, French and Dutch. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper etching / engraving Haman entreats Ahasuerus to issue a decree that all the Jews are to be put to death; Ahasuerus consents and yields his signet-ring to Haman

Four fitting men and a woman, Francesco del Pedro, After Francesco Maggiotto, 1750 - 1806 print Scene from the play 'Zaire' by Voltaire. Four men and a woman in a room. Three of the men wear a turban and all four smoking a pipe. One of the men holds a cup of tea in his hand. Two columns text in French in the lower margin. print maker: Italypublisher: Venice paper engraving / etching head-gear: turban. pipe ~ tobacco

Print, Birth of Pyrrhus, 1797; Print Maker: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); After Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560-1609); Italy; line and stipple engraving in brown ink on white paper; 34.4 × 24.7 cm (13 9/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-306

Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 3. Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). Author: Illustrates Gautier de Coste de La Calprenède (French, 1609-1663). Dimensions: sheet: 5 5/16 x 2 7/8 in. (13.5 x 7.3 cm). Date: 1725. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Plates 9-11, from Nella Venuta 1764 France. Four etchings in black on ivory laid paper, folded . Franz Edmund Weirotter

Print made by Pieter Schenck, 1660-1719, Dutch, Two Seated Women Reading a Letter, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, blued white, laid paper.

After December 15, 1736 William Hogarth British. After 399568

Sir Franklin Knelt and Kust Klara on the hand, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1790 print Berlin paper etching Literature. kneeling figure. kissing the hand (lovers)

The Empty Quiver. Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792), after Pierre-Antoine Baudouin (French, 1723-). Engraving and etching; platemark: 35.5 x 25.2 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.); border: 34.9 x 24.6 cm (13 3/4 x 9 11/16 in.).

Anne Page, Slender and Shallow (Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, Scene 1) first published 1792; reissued 1852 Peter Simon Smirke's image evokes a comic interchange in the Merry Wives of Windsor. It was conceived for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, launched in 1786 as a publishing-cum-exhibition scheme that included a new illustrated edition of the plays, sets of large and small engravings, and a gallery on London's Pall Mall. The latter opened in 1789 with thirty-four paintings and contained about one hundred and seventy works the time Boydell went bankrupt and auctioned the contents in 1805-his print sales plummeted when Napoleon blocaded European ports. This impression belongs to an American reissue of 1852 spearheaded by Shearjashub Spooner, a New York dental surgeon and art scholar who acquired Boydell's heavily worn plates and had them reworked. Printed on thick cream colored paper, the New York edition added small numbers in the lower left margin, this being number

Rebecca and Eliezer Robert van Audenaerde Flemish. Rebecca and Eliezer 400625

Copper engraving by Johann Sadeler the Elder from 1589 showing multiple Passion scenes, depicting figures, gestures, and interactions within Christian religious context.

Pen, spring, and gray brush drawing by Johann David Schubert depicting a figure in the act of being thrown down, with white highlights, 1795-96.

Parthen poured melted gold in the severed head of Crassus, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1781 print Parthen poured gold out of spotlight into the drawn head of the Roman Marcus Licinius Crassus. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving minerals and metals: gold. preparing of material by melting

Abraham and Sara at the table Scenes from Genesis (series title), Abraham is sitting at the table with his wife Sara, on the left is Hagar with a tray. Sara lashes out at Abraham's first son Ishmael who runs to his mother Hagar in fright. Isaac is crying against his mother's leg. The print is part of a seven-part series with scenes from the Bible book Genesis, Sarah complains to Abraham about Ishmael, Gerard de Lairesse (mentioned on object), 1665, paper, etching, h 224 mm × w 254 mm

Star of Kings, A Night Piece, 1630. Jan van de Velde (Dutch, 1620-1662), after Pieter Molyn (Dutch, 1595-1661). Engraving; sheet: 20.8 x 16.4 cm (8 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.).

Anonymous drawing in feather, wash, and chalk depicting the biblical scene of Joseph and the woman of Potiphar, showing figures and interaction.

A man attempts to enter a room to hand over a document to two gentlemen. At the door, he is stopped by a servant. In the margin is a two-line text in French. Print marked at top right: Pl XVI. Man tries to enter room, print maker: Nicolaas van Frankendaal, (mentioned on object), 1730 - 1791, paper, etching, h 138 mm × w 80 mm

Grammar (Spraakkunst), Cornelis Cort, After Frans Floris (I), 1565 - 1633 print Grammar is the older teacher in the midst of her students. Students of different ages are in the classroom. Behind the youngest children learn to write. Left before reads an older child in a book. Grammar helps another student who stands next to her with a book. There is a mink in her lap. On the ground are books by famous writers in the field of speech art such as Donatus and Diomedes. paper engraving 'Grammar' (~ trivium); 'Grammar' (Ripa)

Jacob Simonsz de Rijk returns his letter of resignation to Cristóbal de Mondragón y Otalora, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1774 print Amsterdam paper etching

Deathbed of Pope Alexander VII, 1667, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Leiden, 1698, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 110 mm × w 155 mm

Le Lever 1771 After Pierre Antoine Baudouin. Le Lever. After Pierre Antoine Baudouin (French, Paris 1723-1769 Paris). 1771. Engraving. Prints

Going to Bed, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle 1774 France. Engraving on paper . Antoine-Jean Duclos

Deathbed of King Charles II of England, 1685, print maker: Caspar Luyken, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Leiden, 1698, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 109 mm × w 149 mm

It is Time, plate 80 from Los Caprichos 1797-1799 Spain. Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper . Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Board for the Scarron Comic novel: a serder cuts the room pot to clear the foot of ragotin after Dumont Louis Overall (1686-1762). Board for the Scarron comic novel: a serder cuts the room pot to clear the foot of ragotin after Dumont. Water and Burin, 1728. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Copper engraving by Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet titled 'The Happy News', created in 1777, depicting people reacting to positive news.

Vulcanus caught Venus and Mars, Philip van Gunst, After Jacob de Wit, after Godfried Maes, 1685 - 1732 print Venus and Mars, naked in bed, are just captured by Vulcanus with an iron. Mercury moves a curtain away so that the other gods can view the two adulters. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Mars and Venus, caught in a net by Vulcan, are exposed to the ridicule of the assembled gods

SCOTT, Sir Walter (1771-1832). Scottish Romantic writer. 'Quentin Durward'. Illustration of the novel. Etching.

Sketch for a stage curtain in The Hague, Jurriaan Andriessen, 1803, paper, graphite (mineral), brush, h 203 mm × w 252 mm

Hudibras Catechized, plate nine from Hudibras. William Hogarth; English, 1697-1764. Date: 1725-1726. Dimensions: 241 × 342 mm (image); 269 × 351 mm (plate); 272 × 356 mm (primary support); 363 × 480 mm (secondary support). Etching and engraving in black on cream paper edge, mounted on cream wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Illustration of 'Various Subjects'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1779. Prints; etchings. Etching

Jacques Philippe Le Bas after Charles Eisen, La comete La comete

l'Heureux Moment. Dated: 1777. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nicolas Delaunay after Nicolas Lavreince.

Peter Paul Rubens and his sons

Campaspe standing with her portrait for Alexander the Great, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1600 - 1699 drawing Possible design for a print. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush Apelles paints Campaspe and falls in love with her; Alexander yields her to him. (story of) Campaspe (Phyllis)

Allegory on the province of Holland, Jan Caspar Philips, 1742 print Depart with the Dutch Virgin on a throne, in conversation with a knight. Behind them the coat of arms of the province. They are accompanied by the Steden stemden from Dordrecht, Haarlem, Delft and Leiden. In the background a face at the Binnenhof in The Hague. In the margin a six -line caption in Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ province; provincial). personification of a city, town-patron(ess) Holland. Courtyard

The curate and barber disguising themselves , Barbers, Clergy, Impersonation, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote. William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints

. In the prison of Potifar Joseph is standing in front of the bakery and donor. Jozef explains the two men to their dreams. This print is an illustration at the third chapter of the second book of 'All the works of Flavius Josephus'.

Four men in seventeenth-century clothing in an interior, Johan Coenraad Leich, in or before 1866 drawing paper. ink pen / brush interior of the house

The hearing 'T Gehoor (title on object) The five senses (series title), A bagpipe player and a singing man and woman make music together. The man has an inverted boot on his head. The print is part of a series of five prints with the five senses, hearing, listening (one of the five senses), bagpipe, musette - CC - out of doors, vocal music, singing, Cornelis Dusart (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1670 - 1704, paper, engraving, h 249 mm × w 183 mm

Dancing in Love, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1788 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple. proposal, declaration of love

Father's birthday, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1797 print With caption in German. Berlin paper etching (lovers) kissing each other. father (first degree family relationships). birthday

Woman points out the vanitas symbols on the table in front of her The Contemplation of Death, print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), publisher: weduwe Pieter Arentsz & Cornelis van der Sys (II), Amsterdam, 1710, paper, etching, h 84 mm × w 89 mm

A Family Saying Grace 1609 Claes Jansz. Visscher Dutch. A Family Saying Grace 360006

Print made by Frederik Christiaan Bierweiler, active 1800-1831, Dutch, De Geboorten, ca. 1820. Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Man and Woman at the entrance of a garden, Simon Fokke, After Jacobus Buys, 1734 - 1764 print A woman put her hand in that of a man. The man is completely dressed in a large rug, only his face and shoes are visible. On the right behind a tree, a second man spies the couple. In the background along a high hedge the entrance to a garden. paper etching satyr play, farce. disguise. gripping someone by the hand or the wrist; clasped hands

L'Amour a LEspagnole, etching by Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807) and Noël Pruneau (1751-1802), after a Painting by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (1734-81), 1780

Soeur Jeanne. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Emmanuel Patas after Charles Monnet.

Bedroom interior with company and ragotin in a box, Louis Surugue, after Jean Baptiste François Pater, 1732 print Ragotin is liberated from a box, a gallant group watches. publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving (SCARRON, ROMAN COMIQUE) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). chest, coffer

Virgin and Child. Artist: After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591-1666 Bologna); Cesare Ferreri (Italian, 1802-1859); Lorenzo Metalli (Italian, active 1810-1830). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 7/16 in. (31.1 × 21.4 cm). Publisher: L. Basadonna (Italian, active ca. 1854). Date: 19th century.This print was executed by Cesare Ferreri after Guercino with Lorenzo Metalli as the intermediary draughtsman. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Usual refuge, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1779 print The finances of Baron von Ilow, who are talking to Herz Moses, a lender in the background. Luise turns her gaze and inspects her hairstyle in the mirror. Numbered at the top right: 9. paper etching looking in the mirror; (possibly: contemplation of own beauty - AA - (for) women). money-lender, usurer. the Jews, Jewish life

Man with delusions on his deathbed; Der Wider Stösset Manchen Nieder.

The old Tobias verman His son.

Lucius Scipio, the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, has been sent back home by Antiochus. He is taken into his arms by his ailing father. Return of Scipio's son, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1796, paper, etching, h 204 mm × w 131 mm

A mother offers her dead child as a meal; The desperate mother, the surplus of her child, diverging tigers shed, to eat them, savory. In a room, a woman offers a single soldiers a plate, with the head and the hands of her child, as a meal. She has already eaten a part of the child myself.

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