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The Crier of Versailles, 1692
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The Town Crier of Versailles. Satire on the French king Louis XIV, who as a town crier brings news of the defeat in the naval battle at Cape La Hogue where the French under Admiral de Tourville were defeated by the combined fleet of England and Holland under Admirals Russel and Almonde, 29 May to 3 June 1692. In his right hand a bell, in his left hand a long list of the names of the burned French ships, at his feet a barking dog, in the background the naval battle. In the image an announcement in the name of the king in Dutch and French, at the bottom two four-line verses in French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe Omroeper van Versailles, 1692. 1692. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
