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At a polling booth, reserve voters, consisting of disabled and sick men and others, proceed up the stairs to take oaths; in the background Britannia sits in a coach that has broken down while the coachman and footman play at cards. Engraving by William Hogarth and François Morellon de la Cave, 1758.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: Published 20 Febry 1758. as the Act directsReference: 38398iPart of: An election- Pictures
Philosophy presenting 'The universal magazine' to Britannia. Etching, 174-.
Date: [between 1740 and 1749?]Reference: 2439100i- Pictures
Britannia is sitting opposite a river god in front of a landscape with an abbey in ruins, a manor house, a carriage and menhirs. Engraving.
Reference: 39097i- Pictures
Britannia, protected by the eye of God, sits in front of the ruins of two churches mourning the insignia of monarchy which are scattered before her, while a devil in the disguise of a cleric approaches her; in the background God holds a flaming sword over a battleground. Engraving by R. White.
Reference: 39094i- Pictures
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Astronomy: a muse shows a treatise on the stars to a ruler, surrounded by putti with attributes of the arts and sciences, in the background an observatory [Greenwich?]. Engraving.
Reference: 46156i