print;
frontispiece;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.3342
- Title
- Object: The New State of England
- Description
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Britannia enthroned holding a spear in her right hand and, on her lap, an open book lettered "The New State of England"; on the left stands William III holding a sword around which is curled a ribbon with his motto, "Je Maintiendrai"; on the right stands Mary holding a sceptre with a fleur-de-lis; behind is a view of ships at sea, and above the royal coat-of-arms flanked by the letters "WM" (as a monogram) and "RR"; first state of the frontispiece to Guy Miege, "The New State of England". 1691
Engraving
- Production date
- 1691
- Dimensions
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Height: 137 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 83 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This state appears in a copy in Harvard University Library of "The New State of England" published by Jonathan Robinson at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street in 1691 (reproduced on Early English Books On-line).
For another impression, see 1935,0413.169; for a second state, 1868,0808.3340; a third, 1868,0808.3341; and, a fourth, 1935,0413.170.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The New State of England
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.3342