Philosophy presenting 'The universal magazine' to Britannia. Etching, 174-.

Date:
[between 1740 and 1749?]
Reference:
2439100i
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Description

On the left Britannia receives from a woman personifying philosophy a scroll representing the Universal magazine. Two women next to her represent Peace and Plenty (Plenty has a cornucopia at her feet). Above, Fame blows trumpets and another woman with stars in her halo descends with a laurel wreath. Left foreground, winged genii draw plants, and a woman holding scrolls clutches a sheet inscribed "Pliny"

Publication/Creation

[London] : [J. Hinton?], [between 1740 and 1749?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching and stipple ; platemark ca. 18.8 x 12.3 cm

Lettering

Now the same arts, which gave to science birth, Revive, and gain new beauties from the earth. Explanation. Philosophy, supported by Peace and Plenty, presenting the Universal Magazine to Britannia.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2439100i

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