Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Het Committè van Algemeen Waakzaamheid

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Het Committè van Algemeen Waakzaamheid

Published

[1796]

etching
image: 25.1 x 20.9 cm; plate: 27.5 x 21.9 cm; sheet: 29.1 x 23.5 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2908
Notes
Printed in dark red ink.
Printed in upper left corner of image: 8.
Plate number 8 in the series Hollandia regenerata.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

The five members of the group are somnolent. One stands with closed eyes, a lighted candle in each hand, with one of which he negligently sets fire to the wig of a member asleep in his chair (left). The candlesticks are inscribed 'P. V.O.' (? Prins van Oranje). Behind and on the right two sit asleep at a table on which are glasses, a tall bottle of 'Vaderlander Schied[am]', and a pipe. On the ground behind, a man lies face downwards, a glass clasped in his hand. On the floor are a paper headed 'Rotterdam' and a decapitated cock, so dealt with to prevent the crowing of the vigilant bird, which might have disturbed them.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department