Allegory of the Birth of the Prince of Orange, 1748 Symbolic Scenery On the long-desired and blyde Birth of the Heir of the Orange and Nassau, Hope of the United Netherlands. The VIII. van Lentemaand, MDCCXLVIII (title on object), Allegory of the birth of William V, Prince of Orange, March 8, 1748. Central to the personification of the Eternal Government with the child in his arms, surrounded by all sorts of allegorical figures, gods and goddesses, on the left the Dutch Virgin. On the right, the Orange tree and the English rose grow in a vase. In the sky Mercury and Juno in her chariot pulled by peacocks at the signs of the zodiac. In the foreground on the left the nymph of the Hofvijver, in the background the Stadtholder quarter in The Hague. On the sheet below the plate an explanation of the performance in two columns, (story of) Mercury (Hermes), (story of) Juno (Hera), Stadholder's Quarter, Hofvijver, Willem V (Prince of Orange-Nassau), Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1748, paper, letterpress printing, h 333 mm × w 348 mm h 565 mm × w 412 mm

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