Genre: Engravings England London 1782 / Subject Heading: Admirals > French

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Published / Created:: May 28th 1782.
Call Number:: 782.05.28.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
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.
Publisher:: Sold by E. Rich, at the little Print Shop opposite Anderton's Coffee House, Fleet Street and Pubd. by J. Barrow
Subject (Name):: Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
Subject (Topic):: Barrels, Admirals, French, Military officers, British, Sailors, and Military uniforms
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Count de Grasse in the sugar trap [graphic].