Great Seal of England (detail)

Posted by OurTwoSense (Atlantic Shores, United States) on 12 April 2011 in Art & Design.

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For those interested, this is the Second Great Seal of England, the Great Seal of the Commonwealth, dated 1651.

This face depicts the House of Commons in Session with Oliver Cromwell and the reverse shows a map of England and Ireland. It was engraved by Thomas Simon and took him about a year to complete. The seal is 5.5 inches in diameter, and was so highly crafted that the name of each county can be read on the map. He was paid 200 pounds for it.

Lilly and Ronnie

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