Allegory on the history of Great Britain with the portrait of Isaac de Larrey, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Bernard Picart, after Simon Thomassin, 1713 print The personification of history, seated on the floor, writes the history of Great Britain together with the personification of inspiration. On the right at a column the personification of Great Britain, sitting on a lion. In her hands the coat of arms of England, used by Karel II and Jacobus II. In the foreground, three putti try to stop the winged time, those books are tearing and eating. Above the personification of fame, blowing on a t
Allegory on the history of Great Britain with the portrait of Isaac de Larrey, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Bernard Picart, after Simon Thomassin, 1713 print The personification of history, seated on the floor, writes the history of Great Britain together with the personification of inspiration. On the right at a column the personification of Great Britain, sitting on a lion. In her hands the coat of arms of England, used by Karel II and Jacobus II. In the foreground, three putti try to stop the winged time, those books are tearing and eating. Above the personification of fame, blowing on a trumpet. She is wearing the portrait in an oval list of French historian Isaac de Larrey. In the background the city of London. In the lower margin a four -line French text. Rotterdam paper engraving / etching 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, portrait of a writer
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