Hollandia Regenerata (Title Print of Series)

This hand-colored etching celebrates Dutch political renewal during the revolutionary 1790s. A allegorical female figure—representing the Dutch nation—stands atop a classical column, holding the banner 'Hollandia Regenerata' as supporters beneath gesture in triumph. The composition draws on the satirical print tradition established by Hogarth and Gillray, combining political allegory with caricatured types: a soldier, a military officer, a portly burgher, and a common figure. The etching technique, with its fine crosshatching and formal frame, reflects the formal conventions of 18th-century political printmaking while advancing revolutionary ideals. Such prints circulated widely during the Batavian Republic, mobilizing popular support through accessible visual rhetoric—a precedent for the political imagery that would later populate broadsheets, newspapers, and eventually comic publications.