Allegory of the marriage of Willem V and Wilhelmina of Prussia in 1767 and the birth of Prince Willem Frederik on 24 August 1772. Two representations: at the top an allegory in which the princess standing on a pedestal is presented the sealed book of marital bliss of Wisdom (Minerva). Including the Virtue and the City Virgin of The Hague. The princess is crowned by Piety. In a smaller performance at the bottom, seven half-naked women, provincial virgins(?), dance in front of Prince William V on the occasion of the birth of Prince William Frederick. On the sheet under the plate the commission to the magistrate of The Hague in a fourteen-line verse, Allegory of the marriage of William V and Wilhelmina of Prussia in 1767 and the birth of Prince William Frederick in 1772., print maker: Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland, (mentioned on object), Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland, (mentioned on object), Stadsbestuur Den Haag, (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1772, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, h 488 mm × w 315 mm, h 655 × w 333
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