Allegorical emblem at the Peace of Rijswijk, 1697, Emblem with a king in a triumphal chariot pulled by a lion (Netherlands), unicorn (England) and an eagle/griffin (Germany). The monarch who probably represents Emperor Leopold I (or Stadtholder-King William III) wears the sign of the Order of the Garter. On the left an Orange tree with fruits, above in the sky the All-Seeing Eye between a lamb on a cloud and an arm with a club sticking out of a cloud. Inscription: Patentiâ, Prudentiâ, Fortitudine, Wilhelmus Magnus cunctando restituit rem. Scribbles on the back, including a printing press, by

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