Spotprent over de verkiezingen, 1869 1869

This satirical lithograph by Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, created in 1869, depicts a train labeled "Bestendig" (meaning "steadfast"), with a caption reading "When the voters have broken the rails, the train cannot move forward." This political cartoon, titled *Spotprent over de verkiezingen* (Dutch for "Caricature about the Elections"), uses the image of a train to comment on the state of politics in the Netherlands, likely relating to the 1869 Dutch parliamentary elections. The image is a visual commentary on the potential for political instability during the elections.