White, Robert, Title page for: John Nalson, An impartial collection of the great affairs of state, from the beginning of the Scotch rebellion in the year MDCXXXIX. to the murther of King Charles I, 1682, Britania, Allegorical representation with weeping Britannia, recto - stamped, A ray of light from the all-seeing eye in the clouds shines on a weeping woman, Britannia. By her At her feet lie crowns, an axe, a broken sceptre, a mitre, a staff and the Magna Carta. To her left is a fragment upside down with a coat of arms. To her right is a man with two faces (one Puritan, the other Jesuit), a cross, a rosary and a goat's leg with which he stands on the bible. Behind him is a devilish figure. Behind Britannia a Gothic cathedral, burning buildings and in the background a battle with horsemen on horseback above which a hand with a sword of flames., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, sold by order of the minister of education, height 283 mm, width 176 mm, English, 1645 - 1703-11, print maker, printmaker, 1682 - 1682, paper, papier, etching, engraving (printing process)
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White, Robert, Title page, John Nalson, impartial collection, great affairs, state, Scotch rebellion, year MDCXXXIX, murther, King Charles I, 1682, Britania, Allegorical representation, weeping Britannia, recto - stamped, ray, light, -seeing eye, clouds shines, weeping woman, Britannia, feet lie crowns, axe, broken sceptre, mitre, staff, Magna Carta, left, fragment upside down, coat, arms, right, man, two faces, Puritan, Jesuit, cross, rosary, goat's leg, stands, bible, devilish figure, Gothic cathedral, burning buildings, background, battle, horsemen, horseback, hand, sword, flames, print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, sold, order, minister, education, height 283 mm, width 176 mm, English, 1645 - 1703-11, print maker, printmaker, 1682 - 1682, paper, papier, etching, printing process
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