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Calendrier royal indiquant le cours du soleil
Summary
Print shows Louis XIV sitting on a box with fan-shaped back in the center of a sun. The numerous rays of the sun document indignities attributed to the King between 1667 and 1705, such as: "Adultere avec Me. de Montespan en 1670" - "Legitimer des enfans batards, le Pr. du Maine, son fils et de Me. de Montespan en 1673" - "Inceste avec le femme du Dauphin en 1680" - "Corrompre le Prince Louis de Bade en 1705 &c" and "Sacrilege dans l'Allemagne, l'Italie &c 1705 &c." Also, notes the eclipse of 12 May 1706.
Pl. 7. D.
Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Forms part of: Alfred Bendiner Memorial Collection (Library of Congress).
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Date
1700 - 1800
Source
Library of Congress
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