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James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766

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  • William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.
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    The several declarations, together with the several depositions made in council on Monday, the 22d of October, 1688. Concerning the birth of the Prince of Wales.

    Great Britain. Privy Council. | Date: [1688]
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    A description of the royal fireworks : prepared for celebrating the universal joy, for the inestimable blessing afforded by God to the King, Queen, and people of these realms, in the happy birth of the most illustrious Prince of Wales, presented on the Thames over-againts White-hall, on Tuesday night the 17th of July, 1688, before both their Majesties, the Queen Dowager, the Prince and Princess of Denmark, and the whole court.

    | Date: [1688]
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    The Catholic powers gather around the infant James Francis Edward Stuart. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688, with letterpress.

    Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708. | Date: [1688] | Reference: 2136644i
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    The wheel of Fortune, showing the rise and fall of European powers. Etching and letterpress, ca. 1689.

    | Date: [1689?] | Reference: 2136945i
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    The several declarations, together with the several depositions made in council on Monday, the 22d of October, 1688. : Concerning the birth of the Prince of Wales.

    | Date: [1711?]
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