print;
ticket;
invitation
- Museum number
- 1983,U.1884
- Description
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Invitation/ticket to dine with the Marine Society; at top a large vignette of Britannia seated next to broken pillar, gesturing towards a poor woman with children; ships in background to the left, a classical arch to the right; a cornucopia and lion by her side; anchors, flags, and other marine emblems down sides, Poseidon to the left, and the Anemoi to the right; at bottom on cartouche "Charity and Policy, United", surrounded by sea-faring objects including a map, telescope, hour glass, canon, and scientific instruments.
Etching
- Production date
- 1806-1811 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 241 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 200 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1898
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1983,U.1884