L'Europe allarmée pour le fils d'un meunier [graphic] / [Romeyn de Hooghe].
1689
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 233- 312.1
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Title
L'Europe allarmée pour le fils d'un meunier [graphic] / [Romeyn de Hooghe].
Created/published
[Netherlands?] : [s.n.], [1689]
Description
1 print : etching ; image 330 x 368 mm, on sheet 586 x 390 mm
Associated name
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708, printmaker.
Material base
paper
Summary
A crowd is gathered around a baby (the Prince of Wales) in a cradle. Directly near the baby are two women (one of whom presumably represents Mary of Modena though it is not clear which one), each reaching out a hand toward the cradle. Each woman is marked with a number, which corresponds to the text below labeling one "Eerste Moeder" (first mother) and the other "2de Moeder" (second mother). The first mother is conversing with Edward Petre, confessor of King James. The second mother turns her head toward a man standing to her left, wearing robes and a wide-brimmed hat (Count Ferdinand d'Adda, the papal nuncio). Behind the Count's right shoulder stands Louis XIV, and behind his left is Louis XIV's son, the Dauphin. Behind the Dauphin stands Leopold I wearing a full suit of armor with a bird perching on his helmet. At the far right in shadow is Pope Innocent XI. Behind the second mother are James II and Catherine of Braganza. Two monks stand behind the cradle, praying, and to their right are three Quakers. Further in the background are musicians playing brass instruments and a man looking through a telescope. A sea full of ships is visible through two archways.--Identifications of figures in print derived from George Somes Layard, Suppressed plates, wood engravings &c., via Google Books, accessed Sep. 11 2009.
Note
Date from Knuttel.
Three columns of Dutch verse printed in letterpress beneath image.
Image and text are a satire on King James II, his son the Prince of Wales (whose legitimacy was questioned), and King Louis XIV.
Not in Hollstein.
Three columns of Dutch verse printed in letterpress beneath image.
Image and text are a satire on King James II, his son the Prince of Wales (whose legitimacy was questioned), and King Louis XIV.
Not in Hollstein.
Cited/described in
$$aKoninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands). Catalogus van de pamfletten-verzameling berustende in de Koninklijke bibliotheek (Knuttel), vol. 3, no. 13229
Landwehr, J. Romeyn de Hooghe the etcher, p. 218
Landwehr, J. Romeyn de Hooghe the etcher, p. 218
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 233- 312.1
Place of creation/publication
Netherlands.
Item Details
Call number
ART 233- 312.1 (size L)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed within platemark.
Folger accession
233312.1