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Britannia (Symbolic character)

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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.
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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.

    | Reference: 39096i
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    'The universal magazine' enabling the sciences and arts to flourish. Etching, 174-.

    | Date: [between 1740 and 1749?] | Reference: 2439196i
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    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.

    Rogier, Jean Marius, 1851-1928. | Date: Dec.r 12th 1885 | Reference: 564639i
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    Queen Anne. Engraving by J. Houbraken after G. Kneller, 1744.

    Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723. | Date: Mar. 23. 1744 | Reference: 569591i
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    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.

    Vanderbank, John, 1694-1739. | Date: [1728] | Reference: 2897021i
    Part of: Ten curious prints of the most remarkable transactions of the reign of King Charles 1st
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