The thames or the triumph of navigation (caricature)
'the thames, or the triumph of navigation', by the artist james barry (1741-1806. The image includes two couplets from the poem 'cooper's hill' by sir john denham (1615-1669):
nor are his blessings to his banks confin'd,
but free and common as the sea or wind;
so that tp us no thing, no place is strange,
while his fair bosom is the world's exchange. Attached to a page of text 'the thames'. The thames or the triumph of navigation. Barry. Pah7365. Date: 1 May 1791. Dimensions: Sheet: 500 x 675 mm; Plate: 419 x 555 mm. Collection: Fine art.
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