308. A u g u s t a , P r in c e s s o f W a l e s . C o u n t e r .
Bust of Augusta, Princess of Wales, r., &c.; same as No.
299. „
Rev. Cupid gathering roses. Leg. n u l l e r o s e sans e p in .
(No rose without a thorn.)
1.
MB. iEt.
309. A u g u s t a , P r in c e s s o f W a l e s . C o u n t e r .
Bust of Augusta, Princess of Wales, r., &c.; same as No.
299. . E I .
Rev. Cupid, standing near a lily, is pierced hy an arrow.
Leg. l ’a b s e n c e t u b . (Absence destroys.)
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B. iEt.
310. A u g u s t a , P r in c e s s o f W a l e s . C o u n t e r .
Bust of Augusta, Princess of Wales, r., &c.; same as No.
299.
Rev. Cupid carrying a heavy column on his shoulders. Leg.
n u l la b o u r f a t ig u e . (No labour fatigues him.)
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B. 51.
3 1 1 . W il l ia m , D u k e o f C um b e r l a n d . C o u n t e r .
Bust of the Duke of Cumberland, r., hair tied behind, in
armour with lion’s head on the shoulder, fur mantle fastened
with brooch, and riband across the breast. Leg. g u l i e lm u s
d u x c u m b rm . Below, i k i r k . Same as No. 296.
Rev. Two Cupids embracing, &c.; same as No. 301.
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B. M.
312. W il l ia m , D u k e o f C um b e r l a n d . C o u n t e r .
Bust of the Duke of Cumberland, r., & c . ; same as the pre-
c e a iD g . 1
Rev. Cupid gathering roses, & c . ; same as No. 308.
MB. JR.
313. W il l ia m , D u k e o f C um b e r l a n d . C o u n t e r .
Bust of the Duke of Cumberland, r., &c.; same as No. 311.
^ ev: CuPid carrying a heavy column, &c.; same as No. 310.
MB. Æ.
314. W il l ia m , P r in c e o f Or a n g e , S ta d t h o l d e r . 1747.
Busts, face to face, of William of Orange and Princess Anne
He, hair long, is in armour and mantle ; she, with hair bound
with pearls, and lovelocks, wears mantle fastened with brooches
in front and on the shoulder. Leg. w il h . car . h e n r . f r i s .
PRINO . AVR . ET ANNA MAG . BRIT. Ex. M. HOLTZHEY . FEC.
Same as No. 54.
Rev. Within a wreath of orange and oak, w il h . car . h e n r .
FRISO DICTATOR PERPETVVS CREATVS XXV APRIL MDCCXLVH
(William Charles Henry Friso appointed Perpetual Dictator’
25 April, 1747.)
1‘7. Yan Loon, Suppl. xxiii. 223.
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The States-General, alarmed at the dangers of French aggression,
against which Great Britain had long endeavoured in
vam to warn them, had recourse to a measure which they had
adopted upon former occasions, and made the Prince of Orange
Stadtholder, with the same extended powers that had been conferred
on his kinsman and namesake, William III., in 1672
but which had lain dormant since the latter’s death.* On thé
25th April [N. S.] William was appointed Stadtholder, and
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