Portrait of King Charles II of England, in mantle, doublet and hose, with hat and chains of office. Emblems indicate the Plague of 1665, war with Holland, Great Fire of London, and execution of Algernon Sidney and Lord William Russel. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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