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Satire on the failed French siege of Turin, 1706
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Caricature on the failed French siege of Turin, relieved by the allies on September 7, 1706. The French commander Philip II, Duke of Orléans, plays with a hoop, to the left a raging bull's head. In the background executions of French officers. Three columns of verses in Dutch and French in the print. Sheet no. 20 (numbered top right) in the series of 25 sheets titled: Supplement to the Royal Almanac, called the Golden Year of the Allies, 1706. Part of the print work published under the collective title: 't Lust-Hof van Momus, with the bound series of caricatures during the years 1701-1713 of the War of the Spanish Succession.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSpotprent op het mislukte Franse beleg van Turijn, 1706. 1706. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.