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Date
getruckt im Iahr 1621
Location
[Germany?]
Germany
Germany
Media format
Image
Extent
1 print
Language
German
Size
platemark 132 x 234 mm, on sheet 404 x 298 mm
Genre
Art
Literary
Humor
Literary
Humor
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 241087
Paas, J.R. The German political broadsheet, 1600-1700: vol. 3, p. 298, no. P-746
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Folger holdings ID: 300998
Paas, J.R. The German political broadsheet, 1600-1700: vol. 3, p. 298, no. P-746
Folger call number: Use item's call number to search Digital Image Collection (direct link to come)
Folger holdings ID: 300998
Summary
Frederick is shown climbing up, sitting on top of, and falling off a large wheel. In each of these progressive stages he is labeled (left to right): friderich Churfürst, friderich könig, friderich. Abraham Scultetus and Ludwig Camerarius are turning the wheel. Behind the wheel is a lake or river upon which a ship is sailing, and two towns are visible on the opposite bank. To the right Frederick is in a net in the water, being pulled out by a group of men
Notes
General notes
Three columns of German verse printed in letterpress beneath image Catholic lampoon relating how Frederick V fell from atop the wheel of fortune and had to be fished from the sea by the United Provinces.--From Paas Also available as a digital reproduction
Subjects
Related names
depiction: Scultetus, Abraham, 1566-1624
depiction: Camerarius, Ludwig, 1573-1651
depiction: Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1632
depiction: Camerarius, Ludwig, 1573-1651
depiction: Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1632