Figure of Britannia
Cleveland Museum of Art

Figure of Britannia

Longton Hall Porcelain Factory (British, Staffordshire, 1749–60) · c. 1756

soft-paste porcelain
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The creation of this triumphant personification of the nation was likely spurred on by Great Britain’s conflict with France in the Seven Years’ War (1756–63).

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