PRINT

Title

The Life of William III

Object Name

Engraving

Maker

Adr. Schoonbeck (Primary maker)
Adr. Schoonbeck (maker)

Date Made

17th century
17th century

Place Made

Netherlands: Amsterdam
Amsterdam

Description

Full page Williamite print showing a crowded joyful scene of the birth of the Prince of Wales (The Old Pretender) on 10/20 June 1688. The baby is being presented by Father Petre, James II's Jesuit Confessor, to the left of centre. The print is bound in a book containing 95 engravings depicting the life of William III.

Materials

paper

Place Collected

Catalogue Number

BELUM.W2012.709.23

Copyright

National Museums NI