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Britannia seated under an oak, amidst the symbols of war, agriculture & the polite arts, receives from the hand of Minerva the original proposals for the institution of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital by her side stands Charity, who expatiates on the utility of the design & points at a perspective elevation of the hospital; Pendant on the oak is a Tuscan sheild with the arms of Earl Percy who generously patroniz'd the first undertaking, & at the top are placed the arms of the City of Westminster / [graphic]

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Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker. Britannia seated under an oak, amidst the symbols of war, agriculture & the polite arts, receives from the hand of Minerva the original proposals for the institution of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital by her side stands Charity, who expatiates on the utility of the design & points at a perspective elevation of the hospital; Pendant on the oak is a Tuscan sheild with the arms of Earl Percy who generously patroniz'd the first undertaking, & at the top are placed the arms of the City of Westminster / [graphic]. [not before 1767]. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/16832877.

APA, 6th edition

Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker. ([not before 1767])[Britannia seated under an oak, amidst the symbols of war, agriculture & the polite arts, receives from the hand of Minerva the original proposals for the institution of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital by her side stands Charity, who expatiates on the utility of the design & points at a perspective elevation of the hospital; Pendant on the oak is a Tuscan sheild with the arms of Earl Percy who generously patroniz'd the first undertaking, & at the top are placed the arms of the City of Westminster / [graphic]]. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/16832877.

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Britannia seated under an oak, amidst the symbols of war, agriculture & the polite arts, receives from the hand of Minerva the original proposals for the institution of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital by her side stands Charity, who expatiates on the utility of the design & points at a perspective elevation of the hospital; Pendant on the oak is a Tuscan sheild with the arms of Earl Percy who generously patroniz'd the first undertaking, & at the top are placed the arms of the City of Westminster / [graphic]