Portrait conventions from the turn of the century show figures in the usual three-quarter pose, which was thought to capture the most individualized aspects of the human face, with the sober garb associated with the Calvinist
United Provinces. Attributes such as books, gloves, and swords attest to the piety, wealth, and status of the sitter, while inscriptions typically identify the sitter's age and the year in which the portrait was executed.
The
United Provinces, though Protestant, tended to be latitudinarian enough for Catholic Scots, she explains, and were alive with continental intellectual ferment during the period.
It was not naval success (192) that led to peace between England and the
United Provinces in 1673, but parliamentary opinion.
In 1823, Honduras joined the
United Provinces of Central America, but social and economic differences between Honduras and its neighbors led to the federation's collapse in 1839.
"Her husband, Major Gerald Hartas FitzGerald IMS, was responsible for the medical services of the
United Provinces of India and, after the ceremony, the bride wrote anxious letters to her mother enquiring about the dress.
Religion is nominated for this role in a translation of a Dutch tract from 1673, The Interest of These
United Provinces:
Group A should include the Hindu-majority provinces of Madras, Bombay,
United Provinces, Bihar, Central Provinces and Orissa.
Ending both the 30 Years' War and the 80 Years' War, the treaties recognised the independence of The
United Provinces of the Netherlands from Spain; they also recognised the Swiss Confederacy's independence from the influence of the Holy Roman Empire and the House of Habsburg.
Liotard's first visit to London, where he profitted from friendships made in Constantinople, followed and also his first to the
United Provinces, where, at The Hague, he bought a large collection of 17th-century paintings, signalling the beginning of his career as a collector and a dealer.
Britain claimed sovereignty over these islands in 1833, while the
United Provinces of the River Plate (later Argentina) had a settlement presence there several years earlier.