Caption:
Allegorical composition in honor of William V Prince of Orange-Nassau, July 11, 1787, George Kockers, 1787 - 1792, Allegorical composition in honor of William V Prince of Orange-Nassau, July 11, 1787. On an altar hangs a bust portrait in a medallion of William V. Under the portrait four other medallions containing from left to right; justice, agriculture, unity, arms and the horn of plenty. The portrait of William V is flanked by two allusive figures. On the left the winged Fame with her trumpet and on the right a lady with the freedom hat and in her left hand the coats of arms of Orange and Prussia. Behind her, the Dutch lion is watching. On the altar is the orange tree, which is illuminated from heaven by God's eye. Below the image a fourteen-line verse in two columns, between which the Zeeland and Prussian arms., print maker: George Kockers, (mentioned on object), Monogrammist JMJ, (mentioned on object), Willem V (prins van Oranje-Nassau), (mentioned on object), Middelburg, 1787 - 1792, paper, etching, h 399 mm × w 320 mm