ENGLAND’S GLORIOUS REVOLUTION, FROM A DUTCH PERSPECTIVE. Single-sheet broadside, 56 x 40.5 cm, consisting of engraved image [29.6 x 38.5 cm] and letterpress verses. A dark, rich impression with good margins on all four sides. Lower left blank corner a little creased; tiny (1cm) closed tear to upper right engraved frame. Large-format, densely saturated satire on the Glorious Revolution, fittingly engraved in the Netherlands in honor of William of Orange’s arrival in England. The focus of the engraving – which depicts dozens of pertinent figures – is James II, who, terrified of the assembled forces of William in the distance, seeks the help of Louis IX of France. In the background is the English Jesuit Sir Edward Petre (1631-1699) holding the infant Prince of Wales (later known as the Old Pretender) – referring to the numerous legends of his illegitimate birth. The British Museum’s description of this rather busy print is of the utmost usefulness: “A Dutch broadside on the arrival in England of William of Orange, with an etching formerly attributed to de Hooghe. In the centre stands James II (1) alarmed at the sight of William and his forces; he turns towards Louis XIV who takes James's right hand while turning to point with his sword, in his left hand, towards Emperor Leopold and his generals (4) on the left-hand side of the scene. In the foreground, seated on the ground is Cardinal Furstenberg (5) recoiling in horror at the Emperor. Behind him is Father Petre (6) holding a volume of papers, a monk at his side holding a sword and flaming gallows, addresses two English peers (7) who offer their loyalty to James if he will maintain the former laws, including the Test Act; in the foreground are further documents and a chest and bags of money. On the right, Father Petre appears again, carrying the Prince of Wales who holds a doll in the form of a jester; the miller's wife (the child's alleged mother), bare-breasted, holds in one hand a bag of money while she makes a gesture of secrecy towards Petre; two monks and two Quakers look on. Behind them, William III and his generals oversee the landing of the Dutch forces. On the left, behind the Emperor, is a triumphal arch under which are Turkish heads on pikes; the arch is decorated with three medallions illustrating a mountain giving birth to a mouse, the fall Phaeton, and Jesuits surrounding a globe fallen from heaven, and a series of reliefs of battles, including Philippsburg and Kaiserslautern.” Beneath the image are two engraved verses, followed by eight letterpress verses, each numbered according to the figure referred to above. OCLC reports two copies in US libraries, at Harvard and the Morgan. * Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe, p.225; BM Satires, 1177; and Muller, De Nederlandsche Geschiedenis in Platen, 2773b.