Count de Grasse in the sugar trap [graphic].

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Title: Count de Grasse in the sugar trap [graphic].
Contributor: Rich, E., active 1782-1788, publisher.
Published / Created: May 28th 1782.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold by E. Rich, at the little Print Shop opposite Anderton's Coffee House, Fleet Street and Pubd. by J. Barrow
Abstract: Admiral de Grasse stands up to his waist in a large barrel, saying "I shall never more love the Englishmen's sugar and gunpowder." On the left stands an English naval officer with cutlass in hand, and on the right an English sailor. Refers to De Grasse's defeat by Rodney when the French attempted to raid Jamaica in 1782
Description: Title from item.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 202 x 219 mm, on sheet 24 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Engravings England London 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching & engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
Subject (Topic): Barrels
Admirals
French
Military officers
British
Sailors
Military uniforms
Subjects: Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788 > Caricatures and cartoons
Barrels
Admirals > French > 18th century
Military officers > British > 18th century
Sailors > British > 18th century
Military uniforms > British > 18th century
Military uniforms > French > 18th century
England > 1782
England > London > 1782

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