Allegory in which Willem V gives his proposition to the States, 1793, Allegory in which Stadtholder Willem V gives his proposition to the three representatives of the States General, February 28, 1793. Stadtholder Willem V, accompanied by two boys (his sons), stands by the tomb of William of Orange. On the left, Father Time fights the monster of Slander, on the right a monument with portraits of William V's predecessors. In the background, massacres committed among the Dutch by the French under the guise of Freedom and Equality. An explanation of the performance is on the sheet below the plate., print, print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1793, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 329 mm × width, 423 mm
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