Peace Raiseing [sic] Commerce. [and] Plenty United with Commerce.

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• PUBLISHER: Published in London, Feb. 8, 1802 by P. Gally No. 7 Beauchamp Street.

• MEDIUM: Mezzotints hand-colored,

  DATE: 1802.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 1/4 x 9 3/4" (31.1 x 24.8 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: A matched pair of allegorical mezzotint engravings. Peace Raising Commerce depicts the goddess of Peace lifting the goddess of Commerce. Background details show a laid up warship and the dismantling of a cannon. In the sky, a cherub, laurel branch in one hand and the other holds a flag with the quote, "Glory in Heaven & Peace on Earth". Plenty United with Commerce depicts the two figures arm in arm, Commerce beckoning towards the sea and Plenty holding an overflowing cornucopia. Above them, a cherub holds a banner with the quote "Friendship & Commerce all over the World."

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Framed in matching genuine antique eighteenth-century black moldings.

• CONDITION: Good condition. Original hand coloring with some modern additions.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Other