Vignette with an allegory of the second centenary of the siege of Alkmaar 1573-1773. On the right, the Dutch Virgin, seated on a reclining lion in her right hand a lance on which is placed the liberty hat, with her left hand on the coat of arms of the city of Alkmaar on which is placed a wreath through a staple. At the feet of the Virgin, a second staple is seated with the privilege of wife Jacoba April 1426. On the left, a third staple, with a wreath at an altar, on which a yoke, a mask and a book with the inscription 'Aristocracy' are burning, Allegory of the second centenary of the siege of Alkmaar, 1773, print maker: Johannes Petrus van Horstok, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1773, paper, etching, h 89 mm × w 128 mm