Cartoon on the young pretender who falls from the rope, 1746, Paye qui Tombe, Whoever falls first pays the Speelman, who lasts, the Costs (title on object), Cartoon on the failure of the Second Jacobite Uprising in 1746. The young pretender Karel Eduard Stuart as a tightrope walker falls from the tightrope, his rebellion fails. In a fairground tent, France plays the cello, at his feet Cardinal Fleury looks up from his grave, on the left stands a Dutch sailor who pulls aside the curtain to reveal the spectacle. Other European monarchs are watching. On the sheet below the plate the explanation of the numbers 1-23 in Dutch, English and French., print, print maker: Romeyn de Hooghe, (attributed to), printer: weduwe Jacobus van Egmont, (mentioned on object), print maker: Northern Netherlands, printer: Amsterdam, 1689 - 1690 and/or 1746, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 605 mm × width, 473 mm
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