Method | Copper engraving |
Artist | after Charles Mosley |
Published | 1745 |
Dimensions | Image 260 x 332 mm, Sheet 265 x 335 mm |
Notes |
An interesting Dutch copy of BM Satires 2636 with the title above the image/. An anti- Jacobite satire which illustrates a scene in a town square with Prince Charles Edward Stuart in a carriage being pulled by horses and driven by t Louis XV, King of France and Navarre and Pope Benedict XIV , a monk walks before with the sign "Inquisition" and two monks and the devil ride on the back of the carriage. A Highland army walks behind in kilts with a flag: "Slavery", There is a scaffold in the back with many people hanging and a man burning at the stakes. There are banners of text throughout the horse and carriage: "Arbitrary Power" "Hereditary Right" "Rebellion" "Supersition" " Passive Obedience" in Dutch. Inset portrait of Prince Charles Edward Condition: Some surface dirt and tipped to an albu, page. |
Framing | unmounted |
Price | £400.00 |
Stock ID | 34129 |