Voorman, Jan, Coijon, P., Amsterdam, Hulk, Abraham Jacobsz., Het nut der burgerbewapening, Allegory of citizen armament, 1785, verso - stamped, In the lower right corner the personifications of self-interest, lust for power, greed for state, cunning and hypocrisy. They are driven away by the armed men and the Dutch lion. On the right a memorial with coats of arms. A statue with a lance of liberty, representing Freedom, is erected on the left. On the left in the sky sunbeams that dispel the dark clouds on the right. Below a text in Dutch. Dedicated to the societies of arms trade in the United Netherlands., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 380 mm, width 364 mm, 1751-12-31 - 1817, print maker, prentmaker, 1785 - 1785, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Dutch, writer