Back and side view of two guns of Benningh, 1671 print Two guns manufactured by the foundry Albert Benningk or Benningh in Lübeck and donated to the States General in 1669 as a thank you for the prompt payments of the guns made by him. Both guns rich decorated with allegorical representations relating to the struggle of the Republic of the Sea. On the guns the weapons and names of the representatives charged with the martial equipment: Johan Eleman and Gerard Hasselaer. At the top a large allegorical weapon trophy with the Dutch Lion flanked by Minerva, Hercules and Neptune. Hereby a text band
Back and side view of two guns of Benningh, 1671 print Two guns manufactured by the foundry Albert Benningk or Benningh in Lübeck and donated to the States General in 1669 as a thank you for the prompt payments of the guns made by him. Both guns rich decorated with allegorical representations relating to the struggle of the Republic of the Sea. On the guns the weapons and names of the representatives charged with the martial equipment: Johan Eleman and Gerard Hasselaer. At the top a large allegorical weapon trophy with the Dutch Lion flanked by Minerva, Hercules and Neptune. Hereby a text band with the assignment to the States of Holland and West Friesland. At the bottom a Latin text of 6 lines. Northern Netherlands paper etching firearms: cannon Lübeck
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