The peace offering [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The peace offering [graphic].
- Published / Created
- [1749]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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The King of France is seated on his throne in front of the tent surmounted by a large fleur-de-lis. His feet rest on the head of the British Lion whom he is pushing to the ground. Two guards with pikes stand on either side of him. He is pointing with his scepter to two kneeling men in peers' coronets who have hooks in their noses and are led on a string by another man, probably Lord Sandwich, British negotiator at Aix-la-Chapelle. The two peers are probably the Earl of Sussex and Baron Cathcart, offered as hostages at the time of signing the Treaty. They carry scrolls and a fishnet with three fishes in it, probably alluding to the fisheries of Cape Breton. The scrolls convey promises to wear French cambric, as well as surrender of newly discovered coal mines. A fortress with breached walls is visible in the background. On the right, sits Britannia weeping. Behind her, three men, probably English merchants, express their disappointment with the terms of the Treaty. A scroll in the upper right corner, above a ship on turbulent seas, lists the concessions made by English negotiators
- Description
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Title from caption above image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Six lines of text below image: [The] Gods! Is is possible are these the brave E--- [i.e., Englishmen] who so lately professed 'emselves in such strong terms to be my friends! ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: Pro patria. - Provenance
- Suckling; July 1957;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 27 x 37 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 749.01.00.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1749
Etchings England London 1749
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Cathcart, Charles Schaw Cathcart, Lord, 1721-1776
Sussex, George Augustus Yelverton, Earl of, 1727-1758
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792 - Subjects
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Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cathcart, Charles Schaw Cathcart, Lord, 1721-1776 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sussex, George Augustus Yelverton, Earl of, 1727-1758 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1749
England > London > 1749
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8626867
- Object ID (OID)
- 10714436