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Title: Centsprent: Hare Majesteit Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Koningin der Nederlanden.
Description: Portrait of Wilhelmine of Prussia, or Wilhelmina van Pruisen, (1774 – 1837) who was the first wife of King William I of the Netherlands and so the first Queen of the Netherlands. She is standing beside a throne and table, holding a sceptre and resting her hand on a book. Next to her is her daughter Paulina. The scene is enclosed by a decorative, oval frame of tendrils, draped fabrics and armaments, with at the bottom the Dutch coat of arms with the motto ‘Je Maintiendrai’. The device is printed from a separate woodcut.Amsterdam, Erve H. Rynders (1781 - 1845), address mentioned on the print: ‘Te Amsterdam, by d’Erve H. Rynders, in de Tweede Tuindwarsstraat.’l Large woodcut illustration and a small woodcut illustration at the bottom on hand-made paper; hand coloured in red, green, yellow and blue; total: 415 x 335 mm; Pro Patria watermark, countermark: ‘GR’, encircled with branches, and crown; folded once, paper in good condition.De Meyer p. 282, Boerma p. 812 (Rynders -).

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