Danckerts, Justus, The crier of Versailles, Le crieur de Versaille, Omroeper van Versailles, 1692, verso - stamped, The Town Crier of Versailles. Cartoon of the French king Louis XIV who, as a town crier, brings the news of the defeat in the naval battle at Cape la Hogue in which the French under Admiral de Tourville were defeated by the combined fleet of England and Holland under Admirals Russel and Almonde, 29 May to 3 June 1692. In his right hand a bell, in his left hand a long list of the names of the burned French ships, at his feet a barking dog, in the background the naval battle. In the depiction an appeal in the name of the king in Dutch and French, at the bottom two verses of four lines in French., print, cartoon, prints, height 308 mm, width 191 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1692 - 1692, paper, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, 1635-11-11 - 1701-07-16, publisher, 1635 - 1679