Spanish without ghent — engraving

Spanish without ghent.
"LE SPACNOL SANS GAND"

Copper engraving from a book "Musee de la caricature ou Recueil des caricatures les plus remarquables publiees en France depuis le quatorzieme siecle jusqu'a nos jours...". Titled: "LE SPACNOL SAHS GAND". An engraving of an allegory on the seizure of Ghent in March 1678 by the French army under King Louis XIV.  Three men: a Flemish, a Spanish and a French. The French officer holding aloft a glove on the point of his sword, a Spaniard in front of him, aided by a Fleming, seeking it by the light of a lantern; the town of Ghent (Gand) in the background. 

Technique, Material:   Copper engraving / Paper
Artist and  Engraver: 
Date, Publisher: "Musee de la caricature, ou, Recueil des caricatures les plus remarquables...",  Chez Delloye, 1838.
Size: sheet 20.7 x 27.5  cm.