The Benefit of Neutrality

A satire on the relationship between nations engaged in the War of the Austrian Succession suggesting that The Netherlands, by remaining neutral, benefited the most. In a rural setting beside a river, it shows two men, representing France and Spain confronting each other, each holding the horn of a cow and trying to lead it in one direction while Britain pulls it the other way by the tail. Crouching beneath the cow, his finger to his nose to signify secrecy, a Dutchman milks the cow. In the background a French greyhound and a British bulldog snarl at each other while a Dutch pug runs off with a bone.