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[Arms of the Prince of Wales] [print] / B. Picart inve. et del.

Accession number
PML 140007, no. 204
Creator
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733, printmaker.
Published
[Amsterdam], 1716.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; image: 148 x 181 mm; plate mark: 152 x 185 mm; sheet: 260 x 340 mm
Summary
Allegorical composition, with the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales at left, with motto "Ich Dien", surrounded by the figues of Minerva and a seated female figure holding an olive branch and an inverted torch, at left, and Hercules standing with the Hydra at his feet, at right; three crowned female figures wielding scepters are shown at far right, one of whom kneels before a heap of coins on the ground below.
Classification
Department