The House of Commons in the reign of Queen Anne

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Representation Du Parlement D'Angleterre, Les Chambres Assemblees Et De La Reine Sur Son Throne (detail, from the Atlas Historique of Henri Chastelain, published in Paris in 1719.

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A French engraving published in 1719 supposedly showing Parliament in session, with Queen Anne presiding, in the early eighteenth century. The topographical detail is entirely inaccurate.

Linked Parliaments:

1702
1705
1708
1710
1713

Ref Volumes: 1690-1715