print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- Sheepshanks.6693
- Title
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Object: Le Roi de France, l'home immortel chef de la Ste Ligue
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Series: Les Héros de la Ligue ou la Procession Monacale conduitte par Louis XIV pour la conversion des Protestants de son Royaume
- Description
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Satirical representation of Louis XIV, King of France; head and shoulders, looking front, a faceless monk wearing a hood and holding a flaming torch; the sun, symbol of the King, seen shining underneath the hood; in a circle, with inscriptions on top and bottom of print
Mezzotint
- Production date
- 1691
- Dimensions
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Height: 144 millimetres
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Width: 106 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See curatorial comment for S.6688
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes 1685
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Acquisition notes
- For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Sheepshanks.6693
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: S.6693