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Description: | Counter commemorating the terror inspired by the French fleet. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) in a long tie-wig and a lion's skin as a mantle (right). Legend: 'L . ALEXA . DE . BOURBON . C . DE . TOULOUZE . ADMIRAL . DE . FCE.' Reverse: Hercules (right) standing, his club raised, attacking three-headed Cerberus (left); landscape behind (right). Legend: 'TERRET HIENTES.' (He terrifies the beast with gaping jaws.) Exergue: 'MARINE . . 1704 .'
caption: Counter commemorating the terror inspired by the French Fleet; obverse
caption: Counter commemorating the terror inspired by the French Fleet; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Bourbon Roussel H. Louis Alexandre de J Mauger | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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