A dutch broadside concerning european events at the close of the 1680s with thirty-two small etchings, arranged in contrasting pairs, each accompanied by short verses in letterpress, in which the french are portrayed in turkish dress (some of the scenes are as yet unexplained): 1. William iii enthroned in whitehall contrasted with louis xiv presented as the "christen turck"; 2. An english politician contrasted with his french counterpart; 3. Cardinal d'adda, the papal nuncio to james ii, overflowing money-bags at his feet, contrasted with the papal legate to france; 4. The earl of macclesfield, clad in armour, challenging the irish to fight, contrasted with an elegantly dressed french general who stands amid corpses with buildings burning in the background; 5. Lameere, described as the chamberlain, challengesviscount molyneux to fight while a french courtier, described as the mid-wife, bemoans the birth of the prince of wales; 6. Lord dartmouth directing attendants dressed as turks contrasted with two jesuits, masked and disguised as gentlemen, who seize a frenchman on a battlefield; 7. A scottish officer, standing in a battery, refuses to fight for james ii, while an explosion in the battery blows off part of a highlander's leg; 8. A man in armour, described as the cornish miner, attacks french soldiers while shipwrecked french sailors cry for help and receive a blessing from a priest standing on a cliff-top holding aloft a cross; 9. The pope enthroned is contrasted with two muftis at prayer in istanbul; 10. Marshal starhemberg gives a dose of his medicine to the tartars and cossacks, holding a severed head aloft, in contrast to "sannielowits muscovise quaksalver" on his knees in prayer in the midst of battle; 11. Miklós erdödy, ban (viceroy) of croatia kicks at a door while the bashaws (pashas) of serbia and bosnia offer him the keys of their strongholds; 12. A seated figure representing poland and lithuania observes events and women of the seraglio amuse themselves; 13. A papist catches the blood of heretics in a chalice while the pope holds up a chalice as folly sends a young gentleman towards france and england; 14. Count enea piccolomini mounts his horse and sets out to support the emperor while a turk runs off; 15. Count köningsmark plays the cello at the siege of a town (? skopje) while turks drown in a sea-battle; 16. One christian morlach cook (possibly reference to stojan janković?) roasts human legs and heads while a dwarf upsets a cauldron. Letterpress title at top. (n. P.;[1689]). Date: 1689. Dimensions: Height: 406 mm (etching); ; Height: 415 mm (printed area); Width: 300 mm (engraving); Width: 300 mm (printed area). Medium: paper. Depicted People: William III, King of England. Collection: British Museum. Koning-Spel Courant op 't Jaer 1689 (BM 1868,0808.3321)
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