Mercury (Hermes) god of trade, standing next to a monument adorned with portraits of six English merchants in roundels. Engraving by T. Milton, 1806, after R. Smirke.

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Mercury (Hermes) god of trade, standing next to a monument adorned with portraits of six English merchants in roundels. Engraving by T. Milton, 1806, after R. Smirke.