sun of peace.) Ex. c o n g r e s su s p a c if e r in c h o a t . 29 . iantjar .
m d c c x ii. (The Congress for peace opened, 29 Jan. 1712.)
Rev. Holland, France, Spain, Germany, and England, represented
by five female figures seated round a table with
treaties spread out before them and beneath the rays of the
Sun, i.e., France. Leg. a v d it u id e t ta c e t r id e t . (It bears,
sees, is silent, and laughs,-)
2'8. Rapin, ix. 9. Van Loon, V. 208.
MB. JR. JEi. Very rare.
Ibis medal, executed in Holland, is of coarse workmanship;
it is always cast and sometimes chased.
Anxious to secure peace, Oxford and St. John opened negotiations
with Louis XIV., and preliminary articles were drawn
up by the two courts and submitted in part to Holland and
Germany. These preliminaries proved at first most unwelcome
at the Hague; but the States were induced to accept them,
and the Conference was opened at Utrecht I f January, 1712.
This medal satirizes specially the conduct of Louis XIV., who
had acted with such little faith in previous negotiations with
Holland, and who now was even less trusted. Thus he is represented
under the form of his favourite emblem the Sun, which
“ hears, sees, is silent, and laughs.”
247. C o n g r e s s a t U t r e c h t o peot® . January, 1712.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., hair long, in mantle fastened with
brooch on the shoulder. Leg. lvdovico xxv v ic to e t pa c is
a c c e p t a t o r i. (To Louis XIV., the vanquished, and the acceptor
of Peace.)
Rev. Louis XIV., as Discord, rushing forward with palm
branch and lighted torch : the city of Utrecht in the distance.
Leg. o r b em pacare la b o r a t . (He labours to pacify the world.)
Ex. v l t r a ie c tvm . 1712. (Utrecht, 1712.)
1'85. (See Woodcut.)
MB. JR. Vienna, JR. Rare.
This satirical medal was executed in Holland, and was
intended as a sarcasm against Louis XIV., who, having been
represented upon his own medals as a conqueror and dictator
of terms to his enemies, here appears as vanquished, and
accepting such terms as are offered. Discord and desolation are
247. Congress a t Utrecht opened.
the means by which he is here said to attempt the pacification
of the world. This medal was dictated by the opinion generally
entertained of Louis XIV. at the opening of the Congress at
Utrecht.
248. C o n g r e s s a t U t r e c h t . 1712.
The city of Utrecht, u l t r a jec t t jm ; above, the shield of the
city forms the keystone to the Arch of Peace, a rainbow caused
by the sun in the distance. Leg. Chronogrammatic. s i IV b e t
anna n IM I s n o n f I D I t b e L ga C oL o r I . (If Anne demands
too much, Belgium trusts not to appearances, i.e., to the colours
of the rainbow, MDCLLVimiii = 1712.) Ex. congkegato . 29 .
IAN . CONVENTVI LEGATIONVM EVROPAEAE PACIS STABILIS SVASOR .
d . d . d . (The adviser of a solid peace to Europe dedicates this
medal to the Congress of Ambassadors, assembled 29 January.)
Rev. Device divided by h o noe in i. (At London) ; in one half
a Cock crowing pa x . pax . pa x . (Peace, Peace, Peace), holds
out a palm branch to a Lion, which offers another one inscribed
t o r r is . (Tories), and holds in the other paw a sword ; behind
it is a Leopard, which seems to be retiring, and is bearing a
sword and a drooping palm branch inscribed w ic h s . (Whigs.)
Leg. Chronogrammatic. rIg ID V s non M I tI s pa C I f I C a to r .