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The lord god omnipotent reigneth - let all the earth rejoice! / P. Revere.

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Print shows Britannia, wearing crown, seated on a throne and Liberty seated at her feet; behind them, to the left, two ships collide in storm-tossed seas, and on a cloud above them are two angels, the one on the left says, "Shall not the Lord of all the Earth do Right" and the one on the right says, "The Fool only hath said in his Heart there is no god".

Illus. in: Edes & Gill's North-American almanack, for the year of our Lord .... Boston : Printed and sold by Edes & Gill, [1769?-], frontispiece.

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 642.

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britannia symbolic character liberty national emblems history revolution engravings periodical illustrations lord god omnipotent reigneth lord god omnipotent reigneth earth revere 1768 prints 18th century rare book and special collections division paul revere engraving emblems wings angel library of congress public domain comics
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01/01/1768
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Revere, Paul, 1735-1818, engraver
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britannia symbolic character liberty national emblems history revolution engravings periodical illustrations lord god omnipotent reigneth lord god omnipotent reigneth earth revere 1768 prints 18th century rare book and special collections division paul revere engraving emblems wings angel library of congress public domain comics