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Satirical print on the interference of Louis XIV in the English succession, 1689
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Satirical print on the interference of Louis XIV in the English succession, 1689

Gisling · 1689 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Satirical print on the interference of Louis XIV in the English succession, 1689. Nursery where Queen Mary of Modena lies in bed and is visited by a German doctor examining her urine. In the center an angry Louis XIV (Harlequin) being held back by William III, to the left three Algerians or Turks. In the foreground to the left Cardinal von Fürstenburg receives an enema, to the right the child James Francis Edward, the supposititious child (the Prince of Wales) with a windmill by two lovers taking an oath of silence. With a subtitle of 2 times 2 lines in Dutch and on a sheet below the scene 2 verses of 2 columns each with an explanation of the numbers 1-12 in French and English.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSpotprent op de inmenging van Lodewijk XIV in de Engelse troonopvolging, 1689. 1689. Gisling. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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