Dutch Night-Mare or the Fraternal Hug Returned with a Dutch Squeeze

Dutch Night-Mare or the Fraternal Hug Returned with a Dutch Squeeze

Thomas Rowlandson

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Napoleon lies in bed, with a portly Dutchman seated on his chest, puffing tobacco smoke at his face, and saying "Orange Boven."

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dutch Night-Mare or the Fraternal Hug Returned with a Dutch SqueezeDutch Night-Mare or the Fraternal Hug Returned with a Dutch SqueezeDutch Night-Mare or the Fraternal Hug Returned with a Dutch SqueezeDutch Night-Mare or the Fraternal Hug Returned with a Dutch SqueezeDutch Night-Mare or the Fraternal Hug Returned with a Dutch Squeeze

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.