Allegory of the elevation of William IV to the rank of heir, 1747. He sits on a throne and receives the government of the Dutch Virgin. In the clouds Peace and Fama blows a trumpet with the banner of Historia Belgii. In the foreground putti referring to the Windhandel of 1720. In the background Minerva and Mercury mourn at the tomb of the prince who died in 1751. In the lower margin an eight-line Dutch text, Allegory of the elevation of William IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau, to the position of heir Title page front: Pieter Le Clercq, Geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden, 1753, print maker

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