Rouwklagt van de Fransche Apollo over de verdorde Distelbloem (The Lamentation of the French Apollo over the faded Thistle), Romeyn de Hooghe, 1701

Title page to a tract entitled "rouwklagt van de fransche apollo over de verdorde distelbloem", no. 9 in the series entitled "esopus in europa"; in the centre, an etching showing louis xiv as apollo, wearing wig and spectacles, a sun on his head, the arrows falling from his quiver, kneeling beside a fallen thistle and a blooming rose; in the distance the invalides. 1701 etching with letterpress printed in black ink. Date: 1701. Dimensions: Height: 95 mm (image plate); Height: 188 mm (sheet); Width: 128 mm (image plate); Width: 141 mm (sheet). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Aesop. Collection: British Museum. Rouwklagt van de Fransche Apollo over de verdorde Distelbloem (The Lamentation of the French Apollo over the faded Thistle) (BM 1854,0513.522.9)