Grande armée du cidev. [i.e., au cidevant] L[e] Prince de Condé
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Cartoon showing the Prince de Condé (Louis-Joseph) smoking a long pipe and reviewing his army, represented as miniature soldiers, as they are unpacked from a crate by a young bare-breasted woman and a military officer; standing behind Condé is Charles Marie de Beaumont d'Autichamp, holding a map marked "Plan du Clermontois." Other figures, as well as a tableau painting of Worms in 1689, are identified by a numbered key with corresponding numbers in the image, except for no. 5 "Mr. Bourbon parcourant le Registre d'Enrolement" seated at a small table on the right.
Trimmed to edge of plate mark.
de Vinck, 4469
Blum, 494
Heffernan, 41
Sagnac, p. 13
UCLA, 103
(DLC/PP-1983:172.41).
Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
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