Statue in honor of the Prussian King Frederick II, 1787, Splendor Statue for His Majesty, Frederick Wilhelm the Second, Currently Reigning King of Prussia (...) (title on object), Allegorical representation with a statue erected in honor of the Prussian King Frederick II in gratitude for his intervention in the Netherlands and the expulsion of the patriots in 1787. Image of the king connected to a column of honor with the seven provincial coats of arms of the Netherlands. The lust for power (of the patriots) lies chained on the ground. On the sheet below the plate an explanation of the scene and a verse in two columns., print, print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1787, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 339 mm × width, 200 mm
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