after the battle o f . July, 1690, and with which he was retorted
very frequently upon this occasion. Luttrell (B rief Historical
Relation of State Affairs, Oxford, 1857) says that the gold
medals which were given by the Queen to the officers engaged
in the hattle bore the same inscription as on the edge of this
piece.
273. N amu r t a k e n , June, 1692.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., laureate’, hair, long, in armour and
mantle-decorated with fleurs-de-lis. Leg. lvd o v icv s magn .
g a l l . r ê x prvs . avg . Below, the artist’s initial, s. -
Rev. Louis XIV., with his suite, on horseback; the garrison
of Namur pass before him. On the opposite bank is the army,
of William, and in the distance Namur. Leg. am a t ; v ic to r ia
t e s t e s . (Victory delights in spectators.) Ex. namvrcvm e x -
PVGNAT : SPEGTANTE- AVRIACO ET BAVARO CVM CENT : ARMATOR :
m il l ib . x x x rvN : M D e x c n . (Namur taken in sight of [the. Prince
of] -Orange and [the Elector of] Bavaria, with one hundred
thousand soldiers, 30 June, 1692.)
2-9. Van Loon, IV. 88. Trésor, Méd. Franç. Pt. III.
PI. x x x i . 6 .
MB. At. Hague, At. Gotha, At. Very rare.
Namur was invested by Louis XIV. in May, 1692. Cohorn
conducted the defence, Vauban the attacks, whereby these
two, the most celebrated engineers in Europe, were personally
opposed to each other.: William assembled an army of one
hundred thousand men to interrupt the siege, but without
avail, and he and the Elector of Bavaria were compelled to be
inactive spectators of the fall of this important place. The
town capitulated |-§ June, 1692, but the citadel held out till
the iV of the same month, when the garrison was allowed to
march out with all its baggage and arms.
274. N amu r t a k e n . -§-§ June, 1692.
• Bust of Louis XIV., („ laureate, hair long, in armour, with
lion’s head on the breast and straps decorated .with fleurs-de-i
lis .on the shoulder, and mantle. Leg. lvd o v icv s . magnvs .
REX . CHRISTIANISSIMVS.. Below, MAVGER . P..
, Rev. A pedestal,, surmounted by a Victory and inscribed,
LvDoyicvs . M a g n v s . N am v r c . v r b em . e t . a r c e s . xxx . d i e .
OBSID . CAEPIT . SvB .. OCVLIS . HlSPAN . A nGL . . GERM . BaTAV .
c e n t v m m i l l . M.DC.xcii. (Louis, the .Great, took the city and
citadel of Namur after thirty days’ siege, under , the’ eyes of
one hundred thousand Spanish, English, Gërman, and Dutch
troops, 1692.) At the sides of the pedestal . are captured
standards; at the foot, .the river gods, m o s a and s a b i s—the
Meuse and the Sambre. Ex. m a v g e r . p.
2-8. Van Loon,. IV. 88. Trésor, Méd. Franç. Pt. III.
PI. xxxi. 2.
MB. At. Hague, At. Gotha, At. Very rare.
This and the following medals.belong to the official series of
Louis XIV. The reverse was probably designed by Sebastian
Le Clèrc, who submitted three other sketches to the Academy,
which were not approved. These sketches are given in his
MS. work in the British Museum.
275. N am u r ta k e n . ' June, 1692.
Bust of Louis XIV., r„ laureate, hair long, in armour with
straps on the shoulder, and mantle fastened on the shoulder
with brooch ornamented with Medusa’s head. Leg. lv d o v ic v s .
magnvs . r e x . CHRisTiANiss.' Below, r . (Henri Roussel.) .
, Rev. A pedestal, surmounted by a Victory, &c. ; same as.
the preceding.
2-85.
MB. Æ. . Very rare.
276. N amur t a k e n . June, 1692.
Bust of Louis XIV., r„ hair long, no drapery. Leg. l u d o -
VICUS MAGNUS. REX 'CHRISTIANISSIMUS.. Below, I . MAVGER . P .
Rev. On a pedestal decorated with the arms of Namur, and
erected amid captured standards, is a figure of Victory ; at the