Description of the Frontispiece illustration of France A TERRIFIC FEMALE HABITED AS A FURY, WITH AN IMPERIAL DIADEM UPON HER HEAD, SUBDUING WITH EAGERNESS AND DELIGHT ALL THE CONTINENTAL POWERS ; AT HER SIDE A DROOPING FIGURE OF LIBERTY, EXPRESSING ABHORRENCE OF THE SCENES AROUND HER, AND SINKING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HER DESTRUCTIVE SWORD. IN THE BACK GROUND A CONFUSED SCENE, AS AFTER BATTLE, WHILST FROM THE GLOOMY ATMOSPHERE THE FIGURE OF TIME IS SEEN ISSUING FORTH, AND POINTING TO A FUTURE BRANCH OF THE HOUSE OF BOURBON Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal
Description of the Frontispiece illustration of France A TERRIFIC FEMALE HABITED AS A FURY, WITH AN IMPERIAL DIADEM UPON HER HEAD, SUBDUING WITH EAGERNESS AND DELIGHT ALL THE CONTINENTAL POWERS ; AT HER SIDE A DROOPING FIGURE OF LIBERTY, EXPRESSING ABHORRENCE OF THE SCENES AROUND HER, AND SINKING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HER DESTRUCTIVE SWORD. IN THE BACK GROUND A CONFUSED SCENE, AS AFTER BATTLE, WHILST FROM THE GLOOMY ATMOSPHERE THE FIGURE OF TIME IS SEEN ISSUING FORTH, AND POINTING TO A FUTURE BRANCH OF THE HOUSE OF BOURBON Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VII; Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810
Size: 3732px × 4690px
Location: France
Photo credit: © Historic Illustrations / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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