Versailles announcer, 1692, Anonymous, 1635 - 1679 print The announcer of Versailles. Cartoon on the French King Louis XIV who brings the news of the defeat in the sea battle at Cape La Hogue as a city announcer, whereby the French were defeated under Admiraal de Tourville by the combined fleet of England and Holland under the Admiral Russel and Almonde, 29 May until 3 June 1692. In the right hand a shell, in the left hand a long list of the names of the burnt French ships, at his feet a barking dog, in the background the sea battle. In the show a call on behalf of the king in Dutch and French
Versailles announcer, 1692, Anonymous, 1635 - 1679 print The announcer of Versailles. Cartoon on the French King Louis XIV who brings the news of the defeat in the sea battle at Cape La Hogue as a city announcer, whereby the French were defeated under Admiraal de Tourville by the combined fleet of England and Holland under the Admiral Russel and Almonde, 29 May until 3 June 1692. In the right hand a shell, in the left hand a long list of the names of the burnt French ships, at his feet a barking dog, in the background the sea battle. In the show a call on behalf of the king in Dutch and French, at the bottom two verses of four lines in French. paper etching battle (+ naval force). oral spreading of news, town crier
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