Medals of Queen Anne of England - Engraving by Goldar - 18th Century

Original 18th-century copper engraving with twenty-four commemorative medals of the reign of Anne of England, numbered 1 to 12 and arranged in pairs of obverse and reverse: the busts of Anna Augusta, the victories of Marlborough, the union with Scotland and the peace of Utrecht. Signed Goldar sculp.

At the head: London: Engrav'd for Harrison's Edition of Tindal's Continuation of Rapin. Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, continued by Nicholas Tindal and reissued by John Harrison in the 1780s, was the great illustrated English history of the 18th century, and its engraved medals remain a numismatic reference.

Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver: John Goldar
Source: Harrison's Edition of Tindal's Continuation of Rapin, London
Date: 1787, as read in the lettering
Dimensions: 11.0 x 16.5 in (28 x 42 cm)
Condition: Toned paper, with tears and small losses in the left margin, outside the image