Caption:
Oath of faith taken by the Principality of Orange to Prince William III, 1665 Difference in the sky over the Principality of Orangie in the Year 1688 (title on object), Oath of faith taken by the cities and residents of the principality of Orange to Prince William III, May 7, 1665 (wrongly placed here in the year 1688). Ceremony with the prince and Orange delegates sitting on a stage set up in a square in Orange, a large crowd of spectators in front of the stage. In the sky the wonderful phenomenon of a crown of sunlight. Print marked upper right: fol. 747, swearing allegiance to a ruler, nimbus, halo-radiance emanating from persons or things, Orange, Willem III (Prince of Orange and King of England, Scotland and Ireland), Constantijn Huygens (I), Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), 1689, paper, etching, h 114 mm × w 135 mm