Caption
Allegory on the Salvation of England by William III and Mary II Stuart, 1688, print, propaganda print, Allegory on the Salvation of England by Prince William III and Princess Mary II Stuart, November 1688. Emblem with William III on the left as the Dutch Hercules, on the right an English unicorn (Princess Mary II Stuart) kills the snake wrapped around an English rose. Above, a knight (Saint George) thrusts a lance at a dragon holding a sword and scales in its claws. Pasted below the print is a text sheet with verses in 2 columns, printmaker, publisher, Amsterdam, Northern Netherlands, paper, etching, letterpress printing, etching with text in letterpress, height 452 mm x width 312 mm, Person, Maria II Stuart (Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland), William III (Prince of Orange and King of England, the warrior martyr George, possible attributes: banner (red cross on white field), (red) cross, dragon, (white) horse, broken lance, shield (with cross), sword, unicorn, Hercules as personification of some other abstract notion, Glorious Revolution, Period, 1689, An ornate engraving showing a central helmeted figure leaning forward while gripping a tall staff, the figure wearing a plumed helmet and armor and positioned above a horse whose head projects between two large decorative wreaths; within the left wreath a partially draped bearded man stands on rocky ground holding a club over his shoulder beside a reclining animal, and within the right wreath a grazing cow stands near a tall flowering plant with a distant building on the horizon; elaborate acanthus-like scrollwork and woven ribbons frame the wreaths, and below them a pair of hands emerges holding a horizontal rod from which hang spoons and other objects, with a perched bird with outstretched wings above the hands.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A97_250
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