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Double-page, copperplate engraved plate from an 1700s edition of Atlas Historique, published by Chatelain in Amsterdam. This large chart is the 49th plate in volume two. This plate is comprised of a large central vignette depicting a session of the English parliament. The Queen is seated at the back of the large hall with the government before her. The room is divided into different sections of nobility, all of whom are identified in a numbered key. The sheet is filled with a long explanative text as well as a detailed tabular key identifying the various people depicted in the images. There is illustration of arms and allegories at the bottom.


politics
1708-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Chatelain, Henri Abraham; L'Honore & Chatelain
ink; laid paper
14 in x 18 in
Netherlands: Amsterdam