The Queen's Drawing Room, Hampton Court Palace
The Queen's Drawing Room. West elevation. Detail showing Queen Anne as Britannia, with a prophetess. The Sibyl-like figure, or prophetess, on the Queen's left, holds an open book. The inscription is a quotation from Lucan's Pharsalia or Civil War and means, loosely translated, that no-one goes to war for the sake of rights or in defence of laws, but only in pursuit of glory and gold
Picture No
11099023
Media ID
46662381
Size
5609px x 3739px
(6.2MB)
Credit
© Historic Royal Palaces / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Antonio Verrio (1636-1707)
Date
circa 1703-5
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1703-5 Elevation Hampton Laws Loosely Means No One No-one Prophetess Pursuit Quotation Sake Translated
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