The triumph of Britannia : from the original picture at Vauxhall, painted by Mr Franc Hayman, in the collection of Jonathan Tyers, Esq.r, to whom this plate is dedicated by ... J. Boydell [engraving]

The triumph of Britannia : from the original picture at Vauxhall, painted by Mr Franc Hayman, in the collection of Jonathan Tyers, Esq.r, to whom this plate is dedicated by ... J. Boydell [engraving]

Sculptura Britannica

London : Published according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell, engraver, Cheapside ..., 1765

1 engr. ; 42 x 52 cm. on a double folded leaf 47 x 56 cm.

IN L2005F180 1698/1811 ff

"Size of the picture, 12 f. by 15 f. in length"
"N.B. In the back ground is represented the defeat of the French fleet by Sr. Edw: Hawke Nov. 20th 1759
Britannia rides in Neptune's chariot, attended by sea nymphs holding medalions of portraits of George III and his notable naval officers: Pocock, Boscawen, Hawke, Anson, Saunders, Keppel, and Howe
Intended as a contribution to Boydell's A Collection of Prints, engraved from the most capital paintings in England entitled Sculptura Britannica -- ODNB, vol. 46, p. 123.
On folded leaf 277 of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng 1756-1757.

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