Medals of William III and Mary II - English Engraving, 18th Century

Original 18th-century copper engraving with twenty-four commemorative medals of the reign of William III and Mary II of England, numbered 1 to 12 and arranged in pairs of obverse and reverse on a hatched ground: the confronted busts of the two sovereigns, the coronation of 1689, allegories of Britannia and emblems of the revolution. At the head: Medals of K. William III and Q. Mary.

From John Harrison's 1780s edition of Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, continued by Nicholas Tindal, whose engraved medals remain a numismatic reference.

Medium: Copper engraving
Source: Harrison's Edition of Tindal's Continuation of Rapin, London
Date: 1785, according to the old record
Dimensions: 11.0 x 16.5 in (28 x 42 cm)
Condition: Toned paper, with a loss of paper at the upper left corner and tears and staining in the margins, outside the image