Satiredruck über die Ereignisse des Jahres 1687

This German satirical broadsheet by Romeyn de Hooghe arranges sixteen woodcut scenes in a grid format, each captioned with commentary on political and social events of 1687. The composition recalls the Bilderbogen tradition—popular picture-sheets that combined narrative sequence with moral instruction and humor, allowing illiterate audiences to "read" current affairs through image alone. De Hooghe's dense layout and moralizing captions exemplify how early modern prints functioned as newspapers, carrying gossip, ridicule, and propaganda directly to the street. The woodcut medium's bold lines and high contrast made such sheets economical to produce and distribute widely. This tradition of sequential, satirical imagery—mixing complaint with comedy—established visual strategies inherited by later comic strips and modern graphic narrative.