Northern Netherlands, The Amersfoortse Steentrekking, 1661, Cartoon on the Amersfoortse Steentrekking. On 7 June 1661, under the leadership of jhr. Everard Meyster, a large boulder (the Amersfoortse Kei) is pulled from the Leusderheide to the Varkensmarkt in the city centre of Amersfoort. The boulder is lying on a trolley and is pulled along by men with ropes. On the boulder stands a jester with a trumpet and banners and two owls, around the boulder a wreath of pretzels and a violin. With a large crowd of spectators, in the distance Amersfoort. With an inset with a picture of the boulder on a pedestal on the market. On the sheet below the plate printed three columns of text with satirical verses on the 'mad squire' Meyster, in Dutch and French., print, prent, cartoon, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 348 mm, width 224 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1661 - 1661, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, letterpress printing, letterpress