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Pope Clement the XIIIth alias Legerdemain alias Apostle Maker
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
print
Europe: United Kingdom, England
August 1758
paper
overall: 204 x 345 mm

Monochrome print (engraving) of the Pope, his head supported by a devil, pronouncing the apostleship of the Bourbon king and queen to the displeasure of a Jesuit whilst other royal figures flock to request the same honour. The Pope wears a large pair of spectacles. Fixed to a modern card mount with hand-inked double border within a modern traditional-style wooden frame with blue-grey wash. Glazed.


1999.1895

BOA Purchase, 1933



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