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The Roman general Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus is appointed dictator. A soldier makes him choose between the sword and a plow. In the end, he wins the war with the Aequi after only sixteen days, only to immediately go back to plowing his fields. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus Requested as Dictator, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1793, paper, etching, h 214 mm × w 133 mm.

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The Roman general Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus is appointed dictator. A soldier makes him choose between the sword and a plow. In the end, he wins the war with the Aequi after only sixteen days, only to immediately go back to plowing his fields. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus Requested as Dictator, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1793, paper, etching, h 214 mm × w 133 mm

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2438 x 4124 px | 28.8 MB

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20.6 x 34.9 cm | 8.1 x 13.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1793 • AEQUI • APPOINTED DICTATOR • CHOOSE • DICTADOR • DICTATOR • ETCHING • FIELDS • H 214 MM × W 133 MM • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • IMMEDIATELY GO BACK • INTERMEDIARY DRAUGHTSMAN • JACOBUS BUYS • LUCIUS QUINCTIUS CINCINNATUS REQUESTED • LUDWIG GOTTLIEB PORTMAN • MENTIONED • OBJECT • OBJECTS • PAPER AND PACKAGE PRODUCTS • PAPER • PLOW • PLOWING • PRINT MAKER • ROMAN GENERAL LUCIUS QUINCTIUS CINCINNATUS • SIXTEEN DAYS • SOLDIER MAKES • SWORD • UMBRELLA • UTRECHT • WAR • WARFARE • WINS