Britannia seated under an oak, amidst the symbols of war, agriculture & the polite arts, receives from the hand of Minerva the original proposals for the institution of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital by her side stands Charity, who expatiates on the utility of the design & points at a perspective elevation of the hospital; Pendant on the oak is a Tuscan sheild with the arms of Earl Percy who generously patroniz'd the first undertaking, & at the top are placed the arms of the City of Westminster / [graphic]Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker[not before 1767]engTitle from first lines of text below image. All engraved.Date of publication based on the April 1767 opening date of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital, Lambeth.Motto engraved in banner at base of image: Hide not thy Face from thine own Flesh. Isian Ch. 58Not in: Adams, B. London illustrated, 1983.