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Britannia and her lion are begging on a bench on the Thames Embankment, impoverished by proposed Liberal reforms; beyond, the Palace of Westminster in ruins. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 28 November 1891.

Admiral Rodney stands between Britannia and Neptune. Etching by J. Gillray, 1782.

Britannia holds her discontented suckling child (King George III) and looks at it with sadness, above them the full privy purse of 1753 and the empty privy purse of 1773. Etching.

An angel crowns Britannia as a reward for defeating France in the naval battle in the eastern Atlantic on 1 June 1794. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1803, after R. Smirke.

A carriage representing "Radicalism" is being ransacked by a group of highwaymen, one of whom is wearing a shirt on which is written "Revolution". Lithograph after W. Morgan, 12 September 1885.

Burdett, Peel, O'Connell and Wellington in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull with a rope; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.

Britannia holding a trident in one hand and tobacco leaves in the other. Engraving by Silvester, early 19th century.

A stout lady holding a broom inscribed 'the Navy' and wearing a helmet inscribed 'Britannia' is sweeping German merchant ships and warships away from the Atlantic and the Pacific. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.

At a polling booth, reserve voters, consisting of disabled and sick men and others, proceed up the stairs to take oaths; in the background Britannia sits in a coach that has broken down while the coachman and footman play at cards. Engraving by William Hogarth and François Morellon de la Cave, 1758.

Anglo-American research on DNA represented by Britannia and the Statue of Liberty, with festoons of DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.

W.E. Gladstone as Dr. Faustus making a pact with Mephistopheles in order to satisfy his political ambitions. Lithograph by J.M Rogier, 12 December 1885.

Astronomy: a muse shows a treatise on the stars to a ruler, surrounded by putti with attributes of the arts and sciences, in the background an observatory [Greenwich?]. Engraving.

'The universal magazine' enabling the sciences and arts to flourish. Etching, 174-.

Queen Anne. Engraving by J. Houbraken after G. Kneller, 1744.

King Charles I: Britannia mourns as he is executed and is raised into heaven by angels and cherubim. Engraving by B. Baron after J. Vanderbank.

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Britannia (Symbolic character)

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Images about Britannia (Symbolic character)

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Britannia holds her discontented suckling child (King George III) and looks at it with sadness, above them the full privy purse of 1753 and the empty privy purse of 1773. Etching.

'The universal magazine' enabling the sciences and arts to flourish. Etching, 174-.

W.E. Gladstone as Dr. Faustus making a pact with Mephistopheles in order to satisfy his political ambitions. Lithograph by J.M Rogier, 12 December 1885.

Queen Anne. Engraving by J. Houbraken after G. Kneller, 1744.

King Charles I: Britannia mourns as he is executed and is raised into heaven by angels and cherubim. Engraving by B. Baron after J. Vanderbank.

Britannia (Symbolic character)

Images from the collections

Images about Britannia (Symbolic character)

Works from the collections

Britannia holds her discontented suckling child (King George III) and looks at it with sadness, above them the full privy purse of 1753 and the empty privy purse of 1773. Etching.

'The universal magazine' enabling the sciences and arts to flourish. Etching, 174-.

W.E. Gladstone as Dr. Faustus making a pact with Mephistopheles in order to satisfy his political ambitions. Lithograph by J.M Rogier, 12 December 1885.

Queen Anne. Engraving by J. Houbraken after G. Kneller, 1744.

King Charles I: Britannia mourns as he is executed and is raised into heaven by angels and cherubim. Engraving by B. Baron after J. Vanderbank.

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