Caption:
Portrait of King George II of England. In mantle, robe, sash and hose, with sceptre. Emblems indicate the War with Spain and France, defeat of the Pretender, victories in India, and death of General Wolfe at Quebec. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, J.H. Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.