Title etched below image., Date supplied by curator., From an edition of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid" or "The Great Mirror of Folly"., Below image are twenty-four lines of verse in Dutch., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Politics and government, Globes, Cradles, Dissections, Monkeys, Demons, and Dead persons
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., "Gisling" is a pseudonym of de Hooghe. Geneva may also be part of that pseudonym., Description from British Museum: A broadside satirising the developments in the Palatine War of Succession, the Glorious Revolution, and the Turkish War by likening the European leaders to (hypochondriac) patients being treated by a German doctor and other physicians; with an etching by de Hooghe showing in the centre a doctor holding a urine sample in his R hand, in his L a book, under his belt wearing paper slips with different (German) place names, on the left Louis XIV (no 2) attempting to draw his sword, but being stopped by William III (no.3), on the R the English Queen Mary in bed (no 8), attended by Father Petre (no 9), in the R foreground two women with the infant Prince James (no 10), on the left a priest with bells and a sword (James II?) on a chamber-pot assisted by another cleric, in the left background a madman let away by two Turks., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William III, King of England, 1650-1702., James II, King of England, 1633-1701., Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715., Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694., and Petre, Edward, 1631-1699.
Subject (Topic):
Urine, Analysis, Hypochondria, Politics and government, Physicians, Kings, Queens, Sick persons, Soldiers, Arms & armament, Turbans, and Arches
Title above each image., Titles: Bombario Actionist en de Geest van Esopus; Actieuse Nacht-Wind-Zanger met zyn Tover Slons; Natuur Actie-Doctor of klap-achtig Bobbel Meester; Directrice der Vervalle Actie-Regimenten en bezonderlyk van Natuurlyke Lawe Actien., Date supplied by curator., Four plates on one uncut page, numbered 1 thru 4., From an edition of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid" or "The Great Mirror of Folly"., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Politics and government, Physicians, Peddlers, Coats of arms, Parrots, and Cauldrons
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Pencil notations verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701. and Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Subject (Topic):
Exile, Politics and government, Ships, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Kings