The Queen's Drawing Room, Hampton Court Palace
The Queen's Drawing Room. West elevation. Detail showing Queen Anne as Britannia, with Christian Truth and 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
11099022
Media ID
46722762
Size
5609px x 3739px
(5.1MB)
Credit
© Historic Royal Palaces / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Antonio Verrio (1636-1707)
Date
circa 1703-5
