Bust of the French defector Merlin surrounded by clouds, below his shipwreck on the Dutch coast in 1829. To French requests for Merlin's extradition, King William I responded with the words 'La mer me l'a rendu ... Je le garde', Shipwreck of Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1829 La mer me l'a rendu (...) Je le garde (title on object), print maker: Khonraad, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Innocent Louis Goubaud, (mentioned on object), Southern Netherlands, 1829 - 1820, paper, etching, engraving, h 247 mm × w 175 mm

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