Medals of Queen Mary II of England - Engraving by Goldar - 1785

Original 1785 copper engraving with twenty-two commemorative medals of Mary II of England, numbered 1 to 11 and arranged in pairs of obverse and reverse: the busts of Maria D. G. Mag. Brit. Fran. et Hib. Regina and, on the reverses, the catafalques and funerary allegories struck at her death, the last medal dated Nat. Apr. 30, 1662 - Mor. Dec. 28, 1694. Signed Goldar sculp.

Lettered below: London, Engraved for Harrison's Edition of Tindal's Continuation of Rapin. Publish'd as the Act directs, 1785. Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, continued by Tindal, was the great illustrated English history of the 18th century.

Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver: John Goldar
Source: Harrison's Edition of Tindal's Continuation of Rapin, London
Date: 1785
Dimensions: 11.0 x 16.5 in (28 x 42 cm)
Condition: Toned paper, with damp staining in the right margin and tears along the edges, outside the image