Broadside satirising Oliver Cromwell as a rope dancer with letters referring to a key below: A. Cromwell; B. Sir Thomas Fairfax and C. a courtier, his supporting clowns; D. a sack of money; E. Pallas, representing Princess Mary, mother of the Stadtholder; F. the young Stadtholder, later William III of England; G. Fame, hovering above; H. the lion of the Netherlands descending a stair towards the rope-dance; I. Dutch deputies, guardians of the lion; K. a group of Englishmen representing the parliament; L. a grotesque naked figure lying beneath the rope holding a stick and a chain; M. the showman, Peter Cornel (possibly Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy); N. three musicians; in the background, two monkeys swing on a slack-rope. Letterpress in four columns explained and lettered key, all in Dutch. 1652
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1652<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1652-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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