Northern Netherlands, Verduyn, Adam Thomasz., Hooghe, Romeyn de, Mirror of French Tyranny, Committed in the Dutch Villages, Mirror of French Tyranny committed in the Dutch Villages, French atrocities in Bodegraven and Zwammerdam, 1672, Representation of the atrocities committed by the French troops in the Dutch villages of Bodegraven and Zwammerdam, at the end of December 1672. The inscription is carried in the air by personifications of war and French cruelty. On the left the burning village of Zwammerdam with the drawbridge. In the foreground rapes, torture and murders. The representation is contained in an octagonal frame, entwined with thorns and crowned with a skull. Below the representation is a description of the events over four columns in Dutch. Part of this description, the 'Extract', was written by AT Verduyn., print, prent, nieuwsprent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 538 mm, width 420 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, print