[Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'] [graphic] / Robert Smirke R.A. [around 1797].

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[Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'] [graphic] / Robert Smirke R.A. [around 1797].

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A cherub holding a portrait medallion of William and Mary; below a female figure reaches up towards him with arms outstretched, another figure (envy?) turning away behind, with a bat and a grotesque creature beside; a fleet of ships on sea in background. Signed by artist lower left. John Platt, the collection's compiler, has written "Original Drawing by ROBERT SMIRKE R.A. Engraved in Bowyer's 'England'" and "Protestantism welcoming William and Mary. Roman Catholicism fleeing. Dutch fleet in the distance" on the mount in ink.

1 drawing : pencil and watercolour ; sheet 322 x 222 mm.

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