Allegory on the alliance of the Netherlands with America, 1782, Allegory on the recognition of John Adams as official representative of the United States in the Netherlands, October 7, 1782. Statue of America with a feather headdress on her head and the hat of liberty in her hand, she is trampled Albion while France (Bourbon) crushes the English crown. America stands on a pedestal decorated with the coats of arms of Amsterdam, France and the flag of the United States. On the right, a Dutchman (probably Pieter Johan van Berckel) offers her a document marked: Preparatory Plan. On the pedestal a four-line verse., print, print maker: Cornelis Brouwer, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Pieter Wagenaar (II), (mentioned on object), Monogrammist FCvL, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1782, paper, etching, engraving, height, 231 mm × width, 148 mm
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