L'Epiphane du nouveau Antichrist, 1689 [graphic] / [Romeyn de Hooghe].

L'Epiphane du nouveau Antichrist, 1689 [graphic] / [Romeyn de Hooghe].

Hollstein set title: Caricatures on James II, King of England

[Netherlands?] : [s.n.], [1689]

1 print : etching ; image 334 x 382 mm, on sheet 565 x 402 mm

paper

A broadside satirising the fall of James II, depicting him, Louis XIV and the Dauphin, Louis de France, enacting the Three Kings for an Epiphany procession; with James II in the center wearing chains, next to him Louis de France and Louis XIV holding a stick with a large star, on the R Emperor Leopold I and William III. The infant Prince of Wales is in a cradle on the ground nearby, a woman (Mary of Modena?) kneels beside him. With engraved inscription, numbering 1-8, and lettering A-G, which correspond to legends in letterpress below.--Adapted from British Museum.

Three columns of Dutch verse printed in letterpress beneath image.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2018. Beyond Words.

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, vol. IX, p. 124, no. 158
Landwehr, J. Romeyn de Hooghe the etcher, p. 217
British Museum collection database, [via www, Sep. 17 2009], registration no. 1864,0813.279

Netherlands.

ART 233- 312.3 (size L)

Trimmed within platemark.

233312.3