Allegory of the restoration of William V as stadtholder, 1787, Allegory of the restoration of stadtholder William V in 1787. The prince climbs the steps of the temple of Liberty and receives the command staff from Justice under the protection of the Prussian eagle. Commonwealth sits on its throne next to the Dutch Lion, on the right Freedom, Koopmanschap and Eendracht. In the foreground lies the defeated Discord between weapons and hats of a patriot. Below the scene a verse in two columns in Dutch and a three-line description in French., print, print maker: Mathias de Sallieth, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Benjamin Samuel Bolomey, (mentioned on object), Johan van Hoogstraten, (mentioned on object), Rotterdam, 1787, paper, etching, height, 374 mm × width, 275 mm
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