Commerce and Maritime, decoration on the Nieuwmarkt, 1795, Image of the Decoration on the Nuuwmarkt in Amsterdam. Erected on the occasion of the Alliance with Vrankryk MDCCXCV (title on object), Ten decorations at the Alliance Festival in Amsterdam in 1795 (series title), Commerce and Maritime, allegorical decoration erected in the Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam at the Alliance Festival on June 19, 1795. Huge model of a merchant ship on a pedestal with chassis depicting Neptune and Mercury shaking hands while the French and Batavian sailors tear the British flag to pieces. Part of a series of ten

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