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[TIGHT ROPE] [SATIRE] Paye qui Tombe. Amsterdam: Widow of J. Van Egmont, [1746]. Etching depicts a satire on the attempts of Prince Edward Charles and his attempts to restore the house of Stuart to the British throne, likening the political events of the era to a failed circus performance; the captions explain the scene, calling out various characters as both entire countries (Prussia, Holland, France are among the “spectators” watching the scene unfold), while others represent political players of the era (“The Cardinal de Fleury, looking out of his grave,” “The Old Pretender,” “The German Princes,” “The Pretender,” and others), some of them attempting to cross the tight rope at the center of the circus tent. With an explanation of the print in Dutch, English, and French in six columns below the image. 21 5/8 x 17”. Foxed, with old horizontal fold reinforced at rear, chips and small tears in margins, two small pinholes. A later impression of a print first published in 1689. See BM 1868,0808.3395.