Allegorical vignette with Stadholder William V as patron of the university, on the occasion of the Second Centenary of the founding of Leiden University, 8 February 1775. The city maid of Leiden accompanies the prince to Minerva at a colonnade on the castle. On the left, the river god of the Rhine, on the right the weapons trophy, in the foreground children with books, Allegory of William V as patron of the Leiden Academy, 1775., print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), intermediary draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I), Northern Netherlands, 1775, paper, etching, engraving, h 306 mm × w 236 mm
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Allegorical vignette, Stadholder William V, patron, university, occasion, Second Centenary, founding, Leiden University, 8 February 1775, city maid, Leiden accompanies, prince, Minerva, colonnade, castle, left, river god, Rhine, right, weapons trophy, foreground children, books, Allegory, William V, patron, Leiden Academy, 1775, print maker, Reinier Vinkeles, I, intermediary draughtsman, Reinier Vinkeles, I, Northern Netherlands, 1775, paper, etching, engraving, h 306 mm × w 236 mm
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