Sheet with a performance and a description in two columns of the banquet given by William III on March 1, 1672 in honor of his appointment as captain general. The guests are sitting at a long table dining by candlelight, in the foreground a group of musicians. Beneath the plate a description in two columns, feast given by William III on March 1, 1672 in honor of his appointment as captain general Het Heerlyck Festin, given by sijn Hoogheyt Wilhelmus de Derde, Prince of Orage, &c. Capiteyn Generael, and Admirael ter Zee, the first Maert 1672, print maker: Gerard de Lairesse, (mentioned on

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