Portrait of Johan Rudolph Thorbecke

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[ca. 1860-1872], 47x31cm, plate 20x18cm, large lithograph portrait with signature on the sheet beneath the portrait by N.J. W d. R (signature bottom right of portrait), published by weduwe Elias Spanier & Zn, of Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (14 January 1798 - 4 June 1872) who was a Dutch liberal statesman, one of the most important Dutch politicians of the 19th century. In 1848, he headed the commission that drafted the revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, giving less power to the king and more to the States General, and guaranteeing more religious, personal and political freedom to the people. Van Someren 5542.

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• Title: Portrait of Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
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