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Silver statuette of William the Taciturn, a prize for the forthcoming international steeple..., 1861 Creator: Unknown.

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Silver statuette of William the Taciturn, a prize for the forthcoming international steeplechase at Baden-Baden, 1861. 'To the sum of 300 fredericks offered by several sportsmen at Baden will be added an object of art presented by his Majesty the King of the Netherlands and his Highness the Duke of Nassau. The value of this special prize, the offering of Royalty, is estimated at 20,000f. (£800), so that the stake will altogether be worth about £1060, The work of art in question is a reduction in silver of the celebrated statue of William I. of Nassau, Prince of Orange, surnamed the Taciturn, the first Stadtholder. Its execution has been confided to the firm of Hunt and Roskell, of Bondstreet, London. The original statue is by the Count de Nieuwerkerke, the Director of the Pine Arts in France, and ornaments the Place Royale at the Hague'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23B24_167

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

18,3Mo (1,2Mo) / 20,9cm x 21,9cm / 2474 x 2585 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe animal people sport man men animals horses horse riding rider riders arts metal statue statues art guy British Netherlands Dutch color silver royal horseman horsemen prize century statuette Britain trophy newspapers press print royalty B&W prince horseracing engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black equestrian statue nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN ILN William Prince of Orange William I of Orange newspaper portrait William I Unknown William Of Orange Orange William I of Count of Nassau William the Silent Princ William the Taciturn William I of Orange-Nassau Low Countries 19th-century Hunt and Roskell Roskell Hunt and Hunt & Roskell Hunt & Prince William I