Spotprent op een nieuwe belasting te Amsterdam

This Dutch wood engraving satirizes a proposed municipal tax in Amsterdam. The print's architecture—a classical temple labeled "AEQUIVALENT" supported by two columns—frames scenes of civic life: merchants, families, and laborers. The composition echoes the moral architecture of Hogarth's sequential narratives, organizing complaint through contrasting vignettes. Text banners quote citizens protesting the burden. The print descends from the Northern European tradition of *Bilderbogen* (picture-sheets) and political satire broadsheets, where engraved panels and caustic verse addressed public grievances. Such prints circulated cheaply, reaching working and merchant classes. This medium—combining caricature, text, and multiple scenes—directly prefigures the sequential visual storytelling of later comic sheets and comic books.