<i>Britannia Rules the Waves</i> by Nicholas Habbe (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/da:Nicolai_Habbe" class="extiw" title="w:da:Nicolai Habbe">w:da:Nicolai Habbe</a>), in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo_Art_Gallery" class="extiw" title="w:Bendigo Art Gallery">Bendigo Art Gallery</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Australia" class="extiw" title="w:Victoria, Australia">Victoria</a>. Painted 1876 and shown for sale <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Academy_of_Arts" class="extiw" title="w:Victorian Academy of Arts">Victorian Academy of Arts</a> in 1877, priced £400. Marked: "N. F. HABBE. 1876." – a Dane who had migrated to Australia in 1875.
<p><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia" class="extiw" title="w:Britannia">Britannia</a> – armed with spear, helmet, and shield embossed with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="extiw" title="w:Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom">British royal arms</a> – is seated in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/quadriga" class="extiw" title="w:quadriga">quadriga</a> together with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="w:Neptune (mythology)">Neptune</a>, armed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune%27s_trident" class="extiw" title="w:Neptune's trident">his trident</a>. Behind them flies a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Ensign" class="extiw" title="w:Red Ensign">Red Ensign</a> with a rainbow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nimbus" class="extiw" title="w:nimbus">nimbus</a> within which is inscribed with the chorus of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule,_Britannia!" class="extiw" title="w:Rule, Britannia!">Rule, Britannia!</a></i>: "<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r369756387">.mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}</style><span class="smallcaps">rule britannia britannia rule the waves britons never shall be slaves</span>" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule,_Britannia!#Symbolism" class="extiw" title="w:Rule, Britannia!"><i>recte</i>: "will be slaves"</a>). The chariot is drawn by four horses harnessed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/horse_collar" class="extiw" title="w:horse collar">horse collars</a>, is preceded by three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyocentaurs" class="extiw" title="w:Ichthyocentaurs">ichthyocentaurs</a>, and is attended by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereids" class="extiw" title="w:Nereids">sea-nymphs</a> and a <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/putti" class="extiw" title="w:putti">putto</a></i> riding a dolphin.
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Photograph from the Victorian Collections website. See also: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.daao.org.au/bio/version_history/nicholas-habbe/biography/">https://www.daao.org.au/bio/version_history/nicholas-habbe/biography/</a>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12328633" class="extiw" title="d:Q12328633"><span title="Danish painter (1827-1889)">Nicolai Habbe</span></a>
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