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69 5876 House of Orange Aveele J van den ±1655 1727 69/5876 [House of Orange]. Aveele, J. van den (±1655-1727). "Vertrek van H.H. Mevrouwe de Princesse van Oranje na Engeland." Etching, 35,5x55,5 cm., signed and dated in the plate "Joh. Vanden Aveele inv. et fecit 1689", 3 columns of letterpress text below in Dutch, French and English, total size 51x55,5 cm., Leyden, W. Tangena, 1689. - Formerly folded; doubled w. Japanese, closing tears (on folds) and some sm. holes (sl. affecting text); the engraver's address and a leeboard next to it erased/ covered w. black ink. = F.M. 2728: "Fraaije pl. (...) Zeldzaam." Fine view of the departing fleet that would bring Maria Stuart from Briel (seen in the background) to her husband, the newly proclaimed King Willem III of England. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIII.