print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1871,1209.4975
Title: Object: T Franse Hoff in Allarm (The French Court in Alarm)
Description: Satire on Louis XIV and his court after the military setbacks of 1706 based on a broadside with an etching by Bouttats (see BM Satires 1446 for description) but with the addition of the Duke of Berwick ....... (6 and 7; these two figures evidently based on BM Satires 1447). Engraved lettering in Dutch within the image, including a chronogram; title and text (including key, numbered 1 - 9)
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Production date: 1706
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Dimensions: Height: 239 millimetres (image); Height: 269 millimetres (trimmed?); Width: 185 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The print is based on "Vacarme au Trianon/Alarm in't Spinhuys" (BM Satires 1446).
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; eclipse
Associated names: Representation of: Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre; Representation of: Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon; Representation of: Louis, the Grand Dauphin; Representation of: René de Froulay, count of Tessé; Representation of: François de Neufville, Duc de Villeroy; Representation of: Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse; Representation of: Père François de la Chaise; Representation of: James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick; Representation of: Joseph Clement, Archbishop of Cologne and Bishop of Liège; Associated with: Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero
Associated places: Associated with: France
Associated events: Associated Event: War of Spanish Succession 1701-1714
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1871
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1871,1209.4975

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