Allegory of the growing power of Great Britain in the year 1787 In the center is a princess as Brittania, holding in her hand the treaty of alliance with the Republic and a palm branch referring to the restoration of Stadholder William V With three other allegorical women In the background left the French warship 'Ville de Paris' captured in the naval battle of Les Saintes 12 April 1782 On the right, a scene from the siege of Gibraltar in 1779 In the foreground the British lion defeats to enemies represented as a four-headed hydra With title, dedication and caption in English and the coat of

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