De Moderne Tijd - Current Issue

Abstract The German glasses of Goeverneur. Cultural transfer in De Huisvriend, 1843-1871 What was the leading foreign language and culture in The Netherlands during the eighteenth and nineteenth century? French, say a number of researchers. Others emphasise the importance of the German culture, at least in the ‘long’ eighteenth century, when – in the words of Leemans – ‘the German translating machine’ worked o Read More

Abstract The False Label of Old Chaps: the caricaturist Mr. Max (1893-1966) This article analyses the drawings of the forgotten quick-sketch artist Willem Frederik Keppel Hesselink, perhaps still known to some as Mr. Max. Drawings by quick-sketch artists are rarely preserved; they are usually discarded after a short time, sometimes even by the artist themselves. Mr. Max drew thousands upon thousands of straight lines, curved Read More