Half length portrait in an oval, facing three quarter to right, of Van Berckel. He is stout, wears a conical cap, a furred robe over a waistcoat; a plain cravat is tied round his neck. He was Pensionary of Amsterdam, very hostile to England, and the chief advocate in the United Provinces of war with England. See F. P. Renaut, 'Les Provinces-Unies et la Guerre d'Amérique', v, 1925, p. 235, &amp;c, and BMSat 5733. The names of the artists may have some political or personal significance now obscure. A companion print to BMSat 5846. A coloured impression is in 'Caricatures', v, p. 17. B.M.L., Tab. 524.
<p><br>Grego, 'Gillray', p. 32..  4 July 1781
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1781<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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