De ridder van het gilde kalf of hopman van de vroege en laate slacht tyd in optogt naar 't orakel van Delfos.

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<div class="photo-desc" id="description_div"> <p>DE RlDDER VAN HET GlLDE KALF OF HOPMAN VAN DE VROEGE EN LAATE SLACHT TYD IN OPTOGT NAAR 'T ORAKEL VAN DELFOS.<br />[The Chevalier of the Golden Calf, or Captain of the early and late slaughtering time, in procession to the Oracle of Delphos.]</p> <p>A Dutch Satire on John Law of Lauriston. [1720]</p> <p>It&rsquo;s November 1720; the Bubble has collapsed. But the unsuccessful hunter has bagged a gilded calf. It&rsquo;s the late-autumn slaughter and he leads it to the altar. With roast, fish, cakes and other dainties he plans to fill his plate. Let others warn or stop the Wind-trade; it&rsquo;s all too little, too late.</p> <p>Details below:</p> <p>The design represents a stout humpbacked man riding on a calf, around the neck of which is placed a wreath of laurel, a pun on the name of Law; on the man's hump is a large "A" (Arlequyn? Aesop?); the horns of the calf bear an orange stuck on each end; the animal drops coins from its mouth, as, preceded by a trumpeter and drummer, it slowly paces past an altar, and draws behind it a sledge with its burden. The hunchback is armed with a gun, carries a young pig (Weesp) under his arm, has a bugle slung across his shoulders, together with two herrings (Enkhuizen) and a bunch of carrots (Hoorn); he is crowned with a Three Kings&rsquo; cake and St.-Martin&rsquo;s goose (referring to feast days in November); the man's left arm holds out a fool's cap with wings like those like Mercury&rsquo;s cap.</p> <p>In the sledge is a man using a bellows to inflate the animal from the rear (to produce the aforementioned coins); the man's coat is embroidered with turnips. (This could be John Law again, with fashionably big sleeves and the turnip pattern parodying the French fleur-de-lis.) In the sledge are a leaky barrel, a peacock, a basket of tobacco-pipes, a roll of Virginia tobacco, a canister of sweetmeats (?), a large fishtail, a dish of oysters (?), and several cheeses. In the distance, on our left, a man is trying to bell a cat. Near him lie a key and a spade.</p> <p>The altar is topped by a rampant unicorn within a fence made of rolls of tobacco, with a small gate (symbolizing England and tobacco from the Virginia colony).</p> <p>On the banner attached to the trumpet used by one of the heralds of the calf is written: "Al ons geschater / Is wind en water".<br />[All our trumpeting is mere Wind and water.]</p> <p>Below the feet of the drummer is written:<br />"Uit het vel van &rsquo;t half / Puurd men narren zalf".<br />[From the skin of the calf / extract for fools a salve.]</p> <p>Below the hoofs of the calf is:<br />"'t Brood dronken beest / Diend ons ter feest"<br />[The wanton beast / served for us a feast]</p> <p>In the middle distance is a stork chasing a rat; in the distance is "Kuylenburg" (Culemborg, across the River Lek from Vianen. Both towns were havens for debtors.) In the air Fame descends rapidly, tossing away her trumpet and laurel wreath. I