Allegory of the appointment of William III as King of Great Britain, 1689. Prince William, with lion skin, is presented with the Scottish crown by an angel and offered the sceptre by the kneeling British Virgin. Faith leads him by the hand to the throne. Below left, an angel paints the shield of Britain and two others lift a crown above it. On the right, Envy, with torch and snake hair, bites on a heart. Below the plate four times four verses about the 'Britze Herkules', Allegory of the appointment of William III as King of Great Britain, 1689, print maker: Jan Broedelet, (mentioned on object

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