Title page for Pieter Le Clercq, Histories of the United Netherlands, 1753, Allegorical title print for Pieter Le Clercq, Histories of the United Netherlands, 1753. Stadtholder Wilem IV sitting on the throne receives the government from the Dutch Virgin. Peace is in the clouds and Fame blows a trumpet with the banner Historia Belgii, in the foreground on the right angels referring to the Wind Trade of 1720. In the background Minerva and Mercurius mourn at the tomb of the prince who died in 1751. The caption of eight lines contains an explanation of the performance., print, print maker: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), after own design by: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1752, paper, etching, engraving, height, 322 mm × width, 198 mm
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