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: Water games on the Seine for a royal festival, 1660


Water games on the Seine for a royal festival, 1660

Water games on the Seine for a royal festival, 1660. Part of the Grand Magnificences to celebrate the return of King Louis XIV and Maria Teresa, Infanta of Spain, to Paris. Sailors on rowboats joust with poles while a group of men on a boat with an elevated platform try to grab a goose hanging from a rope. La joute sur l'eau et le jeu de l'oyson. Lithograph from Henry Rene d'Allemagne's Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906

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14008375
Media ID
45756402
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6137px x 5032px (9.3MB)
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©Florilegius/Mary Evans
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1660 Amusement Dallemagne Diversion Goose Hachette Infanta Jeux Joust Loyson Mariners Nautical Pastime Pastimes Poles Recreations Rowboats Teresa


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