Satire on the Departure of Louis XIV and James II to Ireland

This etching by Romeyn de Hooghe depicts the chaotic embarkation of Louis XIV and the exiled James II during the Glorious Revolution. The crowded scene swarms with soldiers, courtiers, and attendants amid maritime disorder. De Hooghe, a Dutch printmaker, employed etching's fine hatching and detail to animate the composition. The print exemplifies the Northern European tradition of political caricature that flourished in the 17th–18th centuries, linking Hogarth's later moral narratives to earlier Reformation propaganda. The work's compositional chaos and exaggerated characterization established visual conventions later adopted by comic illustration and cartooning.