Allegory on the French attack on the Republic and the elevation of William IV as stadtholder, 1747, Allegory on the French attack on the Republic and the conquest of Cadzand and the elevation of William IV as stadtholder, 1747. The Dutch Lion has woken up after to have been lulled to sleep by the deception of the French mermaid. A shoot on the orange tree takes up the sword against the French (the rooster sent by a cardinal or pope). In the foreground a small lion representing the province of Zeeland. In the sky a night owl with a proposal for peace and a sword. On the sheet below the plate an explanation in French and Dutch and a second small plate with sample heads above a distilling oven., print, print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1747, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 479 mm × width, 330 mm
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