Triumph and Disaster: Medals of the Sun King

Published July 17, 2016 at 686 × 350 in Triumph and Disaster: Medals of the Sun King (2015)

A Dutch medal parodying Louis’s defeat at the Battle of La Hogue: his flagship explodes (obverse) while Louis escapes in a frog-drawn sea-chariot (background on reverse)

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Triumph and Disaster: Medals of the Sun King

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