Subject Heading: England > 1748 / Subject (Topic): Animals in human situations

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Published / Created:: [1748]
Call Number:: 748.05.00.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A satire of the Congress and Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle with references to Silesia and Gibraltar and the territorial concessions made by the British, specifically relinguishing Capr Breton to France. Here the European powers are represented as beasts: France is depicted as a crowing cock; England as lion; Holland as boar; Genoa as dog; Prussia as wolf; Spain as leopard; Germany as griffin; Austria as eagle; and the Duchy of Lorraine as dog
Description:: Title engraved above image., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 10., Watermark: Pro patria., and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Europe
Subject (Topic):: Foreign relations, Politics and government, Animals in human situations, Roosters, Lions, Boars, Dogs, Wolves, Eagles, Leopards, and Griffins
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The congress of brutes [graphic].