Satire on james ii after his abdication, a reduced and amended version of "arlequin sur l'hyppogryphe à la croisade lojoliste" (bm satires 1205). Louis xiv (1) wearing a feathered biretta mounted on a braying ass (6); james ii (2) behind him falls backwards losing his feathered biretta; an armed man (3; ?william iii) stands to right threatening the ass its riders with a sword; in the foreground, left, father petre (4) riding a lobster (also 6) cradles in his left arm the infant prince of wales, with a windmill on his head, and in his right hand holds a steaming pail; a papal tiara rests behind him on the lobster's back; at lower right, cardinal furstenberg (5) has fallen from the back of a tortoise and clutches at his cardinal's hat. Mezzotint. Date: circa 1689. Dimensions: Height: 265 mm; Width: 181 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: James II, King of England. Collection: British Museum. Hy holt hy holt (BM 1871,1209.4859)
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