The Falling Monarchs

circle of Romeyn de Hooghe, 1689

The Glorious Revolution of Dutch Stadtholder William III caused panic among Catholic rulers. The English unicorn bucks King James II and his wife and child from its back. Louis XIV may still be sitting on top of the world, but a Dutch sailor is injecting a clyster spout into the French monarch’s bottom, containing an enema to make him poop out everything his greed has gobbled up.

  • Artwork typeprint, cartoon
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-79.352
  • Dimensionsheight 548 mm x width 401 mm
  • Physical characteristicsets, gravure en boekdruk