Great Seal of George I - Original Engraving by Goldar - Rapin, 1786
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Great Seal of George I - Original Engraving by Goldar - Rapin, 1786

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Original copper engraving with the two faces of the Great Seal of George I of England: the king enthroned between Justice and Faith, and the equestrian reverse over a view of London. Engraved by John Goldar, lettered "Pub.d as the Act directs April 1786".

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Original copper engraving with the two faces of the Great Seal of George I of England: the king enthroned between Justice and Faith, and the equestrian reverse over a view of London. Engraved by John Goldar, lettered "Pub.d as the Act directs April 1786".

From the History of England of Rapin de Thoyras in the London edition of John Harrison, the most widely circulated English series of royal seals and medals of the last third of the 18th century.

Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Engraver: John Goldar.
Date: 1786.
Source: Harrison's edition of Rapin, History of England (London).
Dimensions: Sheet 9.8 x 16.5 in (25 x 42 cm).
Condition: Foxing natural to the age, and tears and paper losses in the left margin, outside the plate mark; visible in the photograph.

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