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Pieter van Woensel

20 works

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Etched 1797 caricature of a crowd reacting to a posted Plan van Constitutie, with raised hands, pikes and a wigged official.

Spotprent op verwerping van het Plan van Constitutie, 1797

1797

Hand-colored 1797 caricature of a sleeping seated figure in yellow robe, with two men pulling strings attached to a hat.

De Nederlandse Maagd slaapt

1797

Engraved print of a ship under sail towing a rowboat through stormy seas, with a helmeted female figure on the left.

De Nederlandse Maagd en het Schip van Staat

1797

Etching of a standing rooster with raised tail feathers, with a Dutch rhyming caption printed below the image.

De Wakkere Haan

1797

Etching of a donkey carrying bound volumes labeled Encyclopedie on its pack saddle, standing on a plain ground.

Ezel met encyclopedie

1792

Hand-colored print of a man in a yellow coat struggling with a dog biting his stick, with a sheep nearby in snow.

Hond bijt stok

1792

Pen drawing of a laughing man at a desk while a frightened man raises a knife, with papers and ink scattered on the floor.

Gek bijt schrijver

1792

Black and white engraving of a rooster with a curving tail on a grassy ground, with Dutch verse caption below.

Haan

1792

Engraved diagram of seven figures in 18th-century dress pulling crossing ropes, with arrows showing direction of force.

Zeven personen trekken aan touwen

1792

Line drawing caricature of a man with a curly wig raising his finger and shouting, with a Latin caption below.

Boze schoolmeester

1792

Hand-coloured print of a blue-robed figure blowing a trumpet with a banner, surrounded by figures holding lantern-like placar

Vox Populi Vox Dei

1797

Print of a seated, blindfolded man between two chairs holding books labeled Waarheid and Opinie under a draped curtain.

Radeloze geschiedschrijver, 1796

1795

Pen drawing of a bent elderly man in a hat and coat leaning on a broken stick, pointing at the ground.

Voorover vallende man die leunt op een gebroken stok, 1796

1795

Pen drawing of a curly-haired man reading a large book, with oval medallions of Heraclitus and Democritus above.

Nakomeling lezend over de historie van de tegenwoordige tijd, 1796

1795

Etching of a man on crutches holding a fly poison bag surrounded by flies, with a gallows and village in the background.

Man op krukken met vliegengif

1795

Satirical line drawing: a giant nose led by tubes to two men, a flask spraying liquid, and children blowing bubbles.

Het volk bij de neus genomen, 1796

1795

Line drawing of an open cart with passengers and a whip-wielding driver, pulled by a donkey and a horse over rough ground.

Wagen met twee bestuurders, 1796

1795

Hand-coloured print of a helmeted woman lighting a lamp on books by Locke, Newton and Voltaire, with philosopher busts behind

Het Nieuwe Licht

1795

Title page of a Dutch book with an engraved hexagonal lantern illustration below the printed text.

Titelpagina voor: De Lantaarn voor 1796 door Amurath Effendi

1795

Line drawing of a rooster with arched tail feathers standing on a grassy ridge, with Dutch verse printed below.

De Wakkere Haan, 1796

1795

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