Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Britannia is seated under a tree, surrounded by Science and Industry and presented with a cornucopia by a man with a spade; representing Britain's wealth through science and industry. Etching by J. Miller after S. Wale.
Britannia is seated under a tree, surrounded by Science and Industry and presented with a cornucopia by a man with a spade; representing Britain's wealth through science and industry. Etching by J. Miller after S. Wale.
Wellcome Collection

Britannia is seated under a tree, surrounded by Science and Industry and presented with a cornucopia by a man with a spade; representing Britain's wealth through science and industry. Etching by J. Miller after S. Wale.

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Lettering: What nature sparing gives, or half denies, see! healthfull Industry at large supplies. See! Britannia's lap profusely pours, while heaven-born science swells th'increasing stores. Ecce! ferunt pueri calathis tibi lilia plenis. Virg. S. Wale inv.t. et del. J. Miller sculp.

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