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Hand-coloured 1749 frontispiece: robed Wisdom holds a book and lamp over a map of Britain and Ireland, with Britannia and an

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Wisdom casting forth the Rays of Learning and Knowledge over the Island of Great Britain & Ireland and Britania, John Hinton (1749). Via artnap.com

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A hand-coloured engraved frontispiece in which a robed female figure representing Wisdom holds an open book and a lamp that casts rays over a map of Great Britain and Ireland. Seated Britannia, shielded with the Union flag and accompanied by a descending angel with a laurel crown, appears on the left, and a globe rests at the lower right. The work is attributed to John Hinton and dated 1749.