Caption

The Re-creation of the Kees, Re-creation of the Kees, cartoon, print, Print of a soldier, a member of an exercise society (a late eighteenth-century Dutch civic guard). He wears a uniform, a cocked hat, and holds a musket with a bayonet in his hand. The print can be folded so that the marksman becomes a Keeshond holding a stick. This caricature satirizes the establishment of exercise societies in the Dutch Republic between 1783 and 1786. These societies were a form of civic guard created by the political group known as the Patriots. This group had the Keeshond as its symbol. The caricature shows how Kees is transformed into a Keeshond, a supporter of patriotism., printmaker: Hendrik Willem Caspari, Amsterdam (possibly), 1787, paper, etching, etching with movable parts, height 132 mm x width 89 mm, warfare, military affairs (citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia), dog (with NAME of kind), Patriot Struggle 1787, military training society, patriots, Period, A monochrome ink illustration on aged paper shows a standing man in historical attire holding a long musket upright with one arm extended horizontally; he wears a tricorn-style hat, a coat with visible buttons, a sash across his chest, breeches, and shoes, and a sword hangs at his side; the ground beneath him is sketched with irregular lines suggesting earth or grass, and the image includes visible fold creases across the page.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A97_081

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Keywords

Re-creation Kees cartoon print Print soldier member exercise society late eighteenth-century Dutch civic guard wears uniform cocked hat holds musket bayonet hand folded marksman becomes Keeshond holding stick caricature satirizes establishment exercise societies Dutch Republic 1783 1786 societies form civic guard created political group Patriots group Keeshond symbol caricature transformed supporter patriotism printmaker Hendrik Willem Caspari Amsterdam 1787 paper etching movable parts height 132 mm x width 89 mm warfare military affairs citizen soldiery civil guard citizen militia dog Name kind Patriot Struggle 1787 military training society patriots Period monochrome ink illustration aged paper standing man historical attire holding long musket upright arm extended horizontally tricorn-style hat coat visible buttons sash across chest breeches shoes sword hangs side ground beneath sketched irregular lines suggesting earth grass image includes visible fold creases across page