Allegory on the recovery of Stadtholder Willem V, 1787, The orange tree protected from the storm or symbolic memorial of the happy revolution in the United Netherlands (...) (title on object), In the middle the Orange tree containing medallions with the portraits of the stadtholder, his wife and children and (on the tribe) those of his ancestors William I to IV. The tree is protected by the Prussian eagle, with the portrait of Frederick William II of Prussia around its neck. Top left the All-Seeing Eye. On the left is the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in the guise of Mars. On his left is a putto with a shield like Hercules and on the right a putto with a flower garland, which forms a Latin text and some initials. Fasces beneath him. Near the tree there are two more putti near a crown. On the right, Count Bentinck as the Republic with the constitution in book form under his arm and the coats of arms of Zeeland and Holland on his robe. Behind him Mercury with the cap of freedom on a spear and the seven arrows of the provinces. In the distance a river with some cityscapes., print, print maker: Franciscus Sansom, (mentioned on object), print maker: Hendrik Roosing, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Joseph Vitez, (mentioned on object), print maker: Rotterdam, print maker: Netherlands, after drawing by: Netherlands, after design by: Netherlands, 1787, paper, etching, engraving, height, 436 mm × width, 306 mm

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