Identification title(s): personification of britannia. Numismata virorum illustrium ex barbadica gente (series title). Object type: print album page object number: rp-p-1985-386-37. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: a console with the female personification of britannia. On her head she wears a wall crown and she holds a scepter in her hands. She sits on a crowned lion and a unicorn, the shield holders of the coat of arms of the united kingdom. The print is part of an album. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: robert van audenaerd (mentioned on object), client: giovanni francesco barbarigo (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: rome. Dating: 1673 - 1743. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 181 mm × w 183 mm. Subject: what: personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. Unicornbeasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1985. Date: between 1673 and 1743.
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