Original 18th-century copper engraving with nine medals of the reign of Anne of England, numbered XIX to XXVII, within a foliate border. The sheet closes with the "Allegorical Medals", among them the large bust of the queen with the legend ANNA DEI GRATIA MAG. BRITAN. FRA. ET HIB. REGINA.
Original 18th-century copper engraving with nine medals of the reign of Anne of England, numbered XIX to XXVII, within a foliate border. The sheet closes with the "Allegorical Medals", among them the large bust of the queen with the legend ANNA DEI GRATIA MAG. BRITAN. FRA. ET HIB. REGINA.
Several pieces commemorate episodes of the War of the Spanish Succession: the victory of Almenar on 16 July 1710 (HISPANIS AD ALMENARAM VICT.) and the entry into Madrid in the same year (HISPANIS PROFLIGATIS).
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Engraver / lithographer: John Bowles.
Date: 18th century.
Dimensions: 8.9 x 14.3 in (22.7 x 36.2 cm).
Condition: Good. Paper somewhat browned and with marks at the corners of the verso of having been laid down on card.