Author: Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), after Jacobus Buys (1724-1801)
Title: [Antique title page, 1783] Portrait of William I (Willem van Oranje), published 1783, 1 p.
Description: Frontispiece of De Vryheid, a volume that concerns, among other things, the fourth English war and an attack on the stadtholdership.At center, the portrait of William I in a medal. On the border is the inscription: WILLEM I. GRONDLEGGER DER NEDERLANDSCHE VRYHEID.Signed at bottom: J. Buys del. / Rein.r Vinkeles sculp. At bottom: Te Amsterdam JOHANNES ALLART MDCCLXXXIII. Etching and engraving on paper; total: 192 x 126 mm; some rubbing and dirt on the margins, otherwise in great condition.

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