Allegory of Peace concluded at Amiens on 27 March 1802, between the Batavian Republic and France and Great Britain. Above the calligraphic title are the Peace and Constancy (with a portrait of Napoleon). Above this group flies the Fame with the palm branch and the arms of the French Republic and Great Britain. At the bottom the Strength defeats the Deception and the Virtue points the Wealth and the Science to Peace. On the sides the consequences of peace. On the left, the blossoming of trade and agriculture, on the right, herring fishing. Allegory and calligraphy on the peace of Amiens, 1802 General Peace, concluded the 27th of March 1802., print maker: Jacob Ernst Marcus, intermediary draughtsman: Reinier Ziesenis, Netherlands, 1802, paper, etching, engraving, h 585 mm × w 482 mm
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