print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- Sheepshanks.6704
- Title
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Object: L'Archeveque de Rheims, asne mitré
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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 portrait within a circular frame of the archbishop of Rheims (Charles Maurice Le Tellier); head and shoulders, facing right, wearing a mitre crested by an upside-down pipe and made of playing cards, dice and small bottles; the mitre seen covering most of the archbishop's face; a pair of large keys seen hanging from his neck. 1691
Mezzotint
- Production date
- 1691
- Dimensions
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Height: 142 millimetres
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Width: 105 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.6704
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: S.6704
