William, Prince of Orange, Landing at Brixham, Torbay, 5 November 1688 by Jan Wyck (1640-1702), 1688.   National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

The Dutch stadtholder is shown on a white charger, symbolic of sovereignty; soldiers and horses from the invasion fleet are coming ashore in the background.   From The Age of William and Mary, eds Maccubbin and Hamilton-Phillips.


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