The wheel of fortune, ca 1689 Cartoon on the fall of the Catholic monarchs James II and Louis XIV At the top of the wheel the princes Emperor Leopold I and King Charles II of Spain In the rise, among others, the Dutch Virgin Louis XIV, the dauphin and the Turks fall from the wheel At the bottom on the ground is King James II with the underfed child The wheel is turned by Mars and Chronos Below the representation is an explanation of the numbers 1-47 and a poem in 6 verses in Dutch, The Wheel of Fortune, ca 1689 'T Hedendaags Rad van Avontuur Caricatures on James II and Louis XIV and the

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