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Frontispiece for the Lond. mag. 1758
Title
Frontispiece for the Lond. mag. 1758 [graphic] / I. Miller invt., delin. et sculp.
Publication
[London] : [R. Baldwin], [1758]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 21 x 14 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject headings: Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Personifications: figure of Time -- Personifications: figure of History -- Personifications: figure of Concord -- Personifications: figure of Victory -- Globe -- Maps -- Reference to seizure of Louisbourg, July 1758.
Notes
Title from item.
Publication place and publisher inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Frontispiece from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin ... , 1732- , v. 27 (1758).
Summary
Description from the 'Explanation of the Frontispiece' which faces the list of contents for January 1758: Time turning a terrestrial globe, and pointing to Louisbourgh. He shews it to History who leans on his shoulder, writing the great events that have happened. Britannia appears on the other side, well pleased with labours of History. She is led by Concord who points upwards to the figure of Victory, intimating that Britannia shall be always successful.
Variant and related titles
Frontispiece for the London magazine 1758
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 24, 2009
Genre/Form
Allegorical prints.
Periodical illustrations.
Etchings - England - London - 1758.
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