France prays for peace, 1709

Satirical print showing France kneeling before the throne of Peace; at the bottom, two smaller scenes of the plundering of meat halls and grain houses in France driven by famine. Numbered bottom right: 2. Inscriptions and verses in the print in Dutch and French. Part of the Royal State-Balance, a series of 7 numbered satirical prints on the French in the year 1709 of the War of the Spanish Succession. Part of the print work published under the collective title 't Lust-Hof van Momus with the bundled series of satirical prints during the years 1701-1713 of the War of the Spanish Succession.