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Satire on James II after the Loss at Cape La Hogue, 1692
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Satire on the English king James II after the victory of the Dutch and English over the French in the battle at Cape La Hogue in the Channel, 29 May to 3 June 1692, and on his intention to enter a monastery. James as a monk with a broken crown and a broken scepter takes leave of King Louis XIV with a farewell drink. Behind the king and a Jesuit with a telescope. On the left the monastery, further a windmill, a monk in a cart drawn by the French Rooster, dancing monkeys, etc. In the background the naval battle. On the sheet below the print an inscription in three columns.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSpotprent op Jacobus II na het verlies bij Kaap la Hogue, 1692. 1692. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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