A satire on the financial crisis of 1720 ... Time draws back the curtain to reveal what appears to be a large painting showing a 'Roomse Schilderij', the deathbed of Pope Clement XI in March 1721. In front of the bed stand John Law and the Old Pretender, who has lost his wig and hat; they hold strings attached to the sails of a windmill on the canopy of the bed, beside which are the French cock, the Imperial eagle and the lion of the Netherlands. A thread encircles the waists of Law, the Pretender and Cardinal Alberoni who stands on the far side of the bed. At the head of the bed stands a group of cardinals holding up the papal tiara as the future Innocent XIII reaches for it; his medallion portrait hangs above, with an angel driving away a devil as the background. The Director being pushed forward by the satyrs is now identified as Robert Knight, cashier of the South Sea Company; coins fall from his pocket. The town in the distance is now 'Vryplaats'. The two vignettes at the bottom of the sheet have been changed, that on the left, which still has the same design is now identified as the son of the Pretender (born in 1720); that on the right, now showing a wheel of fortune with Pope Innocent at the top holding a scourge which he directs towards Law who falls down at the left, and destroying with a lightning bolt a paper representing the constitution as the Pretender ascends on the right; Cardinal Alberoni is at the bottom of the wheel. Engraved Dutch title, inscriptions, and verse in three columns which differs from those in the original state
Description:
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Bombario, O death, you were no friend to law when you shot down Pope Clement., State, with depiction of a chamber containing pope's deathbed in the right portion of the image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Three columns of verse in Dutch at bottom of image, titled: 't Cashot van Mr. Knigt zuidzee actie Kassier en de roomse schildery en medali., Plate 33 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject -- Rome: allusion to "Romish picture" -- Architectural details: palace interior -- Freetown -- Popes -- Furniture: canopyed bed -- Papal deathbed -- Destruction of Constitution -- Crimes: South Sea -- France as crowing cock -- Rome as eagle -- England as lion -- Mississippi scheme -- Humbug -- Reference to Venetian trade -- Clergy -- Papacy: tiara and keys -- Father Time with hourglass -- Death as skeleton with sickle -- Portraits: Innocent XIII -- Satyrs with spears -- Capital punishment: gallows -- Bags of money -- Zanies -- Bladder: noisemaker -- Emblems: papal emblems -- Mottoes: S.P.Q.R. -- Schemes -- Symbols: wheel of fortune -- Symbols: tomb of death., and Watermark in the lower portion of sheet, countermark in the upper portion.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clement XI, Pope, 1649-1721, Innocent XIII, Pope, 1655-1724, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Alberoni, Guilio, Cardinal, 1664-1752, Knight, Robert, 1675-1744, and Law, John, 1671-1729
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Cardinals, Emblems, National emblems, and Windmills
Title engraved above image., Earlier lettering burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this edition., Impressed on one sheet with three columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse in Dutch within design: De rouw van harlekin is droevig ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Bellows -- Mythology -- Symbols: Mercury's Caduceus -- Harlequin., Watermark., Title translation on verso of mount: Harlequin and Bombario in mourning., and Mounted to 45 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Law, John, 1671-1729
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Mercury, and Harlequin (Fictitious character)
"A broadside satirising the fall of James II; with an etching formerly attributed to de Hooghe. King James (1) lies in an ornate bed, wearing a Jesuit's cap encircled by a crown, vomiting a stream of reptiles with crowns, papal tiaras, cardinals' hats and Jesuit caps; further reptiles emerge from the foot of the bed where broken shackles lie on the floor.. In the centre stands the finely dressed Lord Mayor of London (2) holding his nose, a dog with a spiked collar at his side, and to the right Aldermen and Bishops (3). To the left, beside the bed, a double-faced physician (4) holds up a urinal in one hand while feeling the king's pulse with the other. The Lord Chancellor (5; George Jeffreys) stands on the other side of the bed, holding his nose and pointing to the doctor as the cause of the king's sickness. Mary of Modena (6) sits on the extreme right pointing across the room to the Prince of Wales. The Archbishop of Canterbury (7) stands behind her with the other bishops holding out his hand to receive a sealed package from a masked Jesuit (8). The Prince of Wales (9), holding an orb or ball and toy windmill is sitting in the lap of his nurse (10) who spoon-feeds him while she listens to a monk who gestures with his left hand as he speaks. Behind them Father Petre (11) receives a passport and is sent on his way together with Quakers and other sectaires (12) including Anabaptists surviving from the days of Cromwell. Through an archway in the background the sun rises on the Dutch fleet (13) setting sailing to bring relief to England. Engraved Latin title and Latin and Dutch inscriptions, and with Dutch letterpress verses, including legend, in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Three columns of letterpress text in Dutch below plate are the key to numbers in the image: 1. Den Konink had voor af door Jesuitsche vonden ..., Temporary local subject terms: Jesuits -- Law: Lord Chancellor -- London: Lord Mayor -- London: aldermen -- Quakers -- Protestants -- Medical: physician with Janus's head -- Navy: fleet of William III, Oct. 16, 1688 -- Pets: pug in a collar -- Symbols: evil, windmill -- Furniture: bed -- Chair., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701, Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, and Petre, Edward, 1631-1699
volgens approbatie van het Parlement Febr. 8, 1741/42 [i.e., 1742]
Call Number:
742.02.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Image attributed to Parr and Vanlot by Stephens. See English version in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2515., Title from item., Imprint engraved on plate below caption., Letterpress broadside illustrated at top of sheet with an etching., Five lines of engraved caption below image: Met een opregteen Suyver hert veerdel ik de roof onder ..., Thirteen stanzas of verse in two columns separated with a decorative border, below plate: Een vrédelievend man verdeelt hier's Oostryks Landen ..., Temporary local subject terms: War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743