Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., "Gisling" is a pseudonym of de Hooghe. Geneva may also be part of that pseudonym., Description from British Museum: A broadside satirising the developments in the Palatine War of Succession, the Glorious Revolution, and the Turkish War by likening the European leaders to (hypochondriac) patients being treated by a German doctor and other physicians; with an etching by de Hooghe showing in the centre a doctor holding a urine sample in his R hand, in his L a book, under his belt wearing paper slips with different (German) place names, on the left Louis XIV (no 2) attempting to draw his sword, but being stopped by William III (no.3), on the R the English Queen Mary in bed (no 8), attended by Father Petre (no 9), in the R foreground two women with the infant Prince James (no 10), on the left a priest with bells and a sword (James II?) on a chamber-pot assisted by another cleric, in the left background a madman let away by two Turks., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William III, King of England, 1650-1702., James II, King of England, 1633-1701., Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715., Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694., and Petre, Edward, 1631-1699.
Subject (Topic):
Urine, Analysis, Hypochondria, Politics and government, Physicians, Kings, Queens, Sick persons, Soldiers, Arms & armament, Turbans, and Arches
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Harlequin stockholder., State with festoons comprised of a pair of bellows, human mask, a cheese and fruit, as described by Stephens., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Plate 25 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Six lines of verse in Dutch added below plate in an unidentified contemporary hand: Wat moet wen niet ..., Watermark., and Mounted to 46 x 28 cm.
Uitlegginge der tytelplaat voor arlequyn actionist
Description:
Title in letterpress above image., State with festoons comprised of a pair of bellows, human mask, a cheese and fruit; additional title in letterpress above plate line, as described in Stephens., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Six stanzas of verse in three columns in letterpress below plate: Ziet hoe dat deeze actienbaazen, agter het tooneelgordyn ..., Plate 26 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Mounted to 47 x 31 cm.
Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, illuminated, containing the "Arma Christi" poem and other prayers, in Dutch, including prayers ascribed to Popes Sixtus IV and Alexander VI. The prayers are preceded by a rubric instructing readers to kneel as they recite the prayers in order to obtain an indulgence
Description:
In Dutch., Layout: single column of text., Script: gothic., Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red or blue. Large miniature at head of roll containing a bust of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, displaying his stigmata, and surrounded by the "arma Christi" (also known as the Instruments of the Passion). On a blue ground in gold frame. One large decorated initial immediately below miniature. Text accompanied by decorated borders on both sides., and Binding: section of leather sewn to top of scroll. Accompanied by seventeenth-century? fabric case with fabric and metal appliqués.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Netherlands
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Passion, Dutch, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Indulgences, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Religious life and customs
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Plate 19 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Two columns of text in Dutch in lower left of the image: Actieuse papiere atlas naar de mode met zyn na-sleep, of t[sic] Kegelspel des klynen tds ..., Two columns of text in French in lower right of the image: L'Atlas actieux de papier à la mode, avec ses complices et le jeu de quille du petit tems ..., Two lines of text in Dutch on either side of title: Verklaaring van 't Tafereeltje ..., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet., and Mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Two columns of verse in English on left below image: Here, may the wand[e]ring eye with pleasure see Both knaves and foolls [sic] in borrow[e]d shapes agree ..., Two columns of verse in Dutch on right below image: Hier kan 't Nieuwsgierig oog met Lust en ruymte weyen ..., Plate 14 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., Temporary local subject terms: Architecture: assembly room., and Watermark in the right part of sheet.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., One line of text below image: Alwaar de Ziel zig aan de Geldzugt heeft gegéven ..., Five columns of verse in Dutch at top of image, below title: Het heilloos goud, van elk dienstplegtig aangebeden ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dutchmen -- Greed for gold., and Title translation in an unverified card catalog record: Speculation on the gold-greedy world at the beginning of the destruction of commercial affairs.
