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Wisdom casting forth the Rays of Learning and Knowledge over the Island of Great Britain & Ireland and Britania on her right hand with an Angel descending to her with a Crown of Laurel.

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Title:
Wisdom casting forth the Rays of Learning and Knowledge over the Island of Great Britain & Ireland and Britania on her right hand with an Angel descending to her with a Crown of Laurel.
Alternate Title:
Wisdom casting forth the Rays of Learning and Knowledge over the Island of Great Britain
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Hinton, John
Date:
1749
Posted Date:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
2220.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_2220_01.jpg
Style/Period:
Before 1800
Subject:
Other Moral & Social
Other War & Peace
Allegorical
Pictorial
Measurement:
21 x 13 sheet (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
This allegorical frontispiece for the January 1749 edition of The Universal Magazine shows the goddess of wisdom, surrounded by a halo of light, superimposed on a map of Britain. Above is a quote from Proverbs: "Wisdom is the principal thing: therefore get Wisdom: get Understanding: forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her and she shall keep thee, and bring thee to honour." Below is "The explanation of the frontispiece - Wisdom casting forth the Rays of Learning and Knowledge over the Island of Great Britain & Ireland and Britania on her right hand with an Angel descending to her with a Crown of Laurel."

The image may relate to the end of the War of the Austrian Succession by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in October 1748; among other things, this issue of the magazine discusses "Great preparations" in Dublin "for the celebration of the day of thanksgiving for the peace," including plans for a "temple of peace" with a medaillon "representing Minerva, the goddess of wisdom." (p. 41)

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Source:
The Universal Magazine, vol. IV, no. 3, January 1749.
Cite As:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
Format:
Image
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