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[Allegorical scene during Second Punic war, showing Roman galleys in background; with old man and women in foreground] – Historic Print

[Allegorical scene during Second Punic war, showing Roman galleys in background; with old man and women in foreground], [published 1661] — antique engraving
[Allegorical scene during Second Punic war, showing Roman galleys in background; with old man and women in foreground], [published 1661]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Allegorical scene during Second Punic war, showing Roman galleys in background; with old man and women in foreground] comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Roman galleys sit on the water in the background of this engraving, while an old man and several women occupy the foreground. It was published in London in 1661 as an illustration for *The Second Punick War between Hannibal and the Romanes*, a book about the conflict between Rome and Carthage from 218 to 201 BCE. Seventeenth-century English book illustrators often used classical scenes like this one to suggest moral lessons about courage, loss, and civic duty, so the picture works as commentary as well as historical illustration. The record does not spell out its specific allegorical meaning.

Created / published[published 1661]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreAllegories 1660-1670.Book illustrations 1660-1670.Engravings 1660-1670.
NotesIllus. in: The Second Punick war between Hannibal, and the Romanes. London, 1661.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan977 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164042

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