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The Treaty of Paris: the King-at-arms with decrescent moons on his tabard sits on a horse with the ears of an ass surrounded by grotesque attendants. Engraving by Patchpeace, 1763.
Patchpeace.Date: [March 22 1763]Reference: 581172i- Pictures
A funeral procession of politicians bearing the coffin of the 1765 Stamp Act to its tomb in the docks where American trade was carried out. Engraving after B. Wilson, 1766.
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788.Date: [18 March 1766?]Reference: 582581i- Pictures
A funeral procession of politicians bearing the coffin of the 1765 Stamp Act to its tomb in the docks where American trade was carried out. Etching after B. Wilson, 1766.
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788.Date: [1766]Reference: 2475206i- Pictures
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A framed picture falls off a cornice marked 'National Honour'; representing dishonour for Great Britain perceived by the Whigs in the Anglo-Spanish convention on the Falkland Islands. Engraving, 1771.
Date: 1771Reference: 579637i- Pictures
King George III and Queen Charlotte as the British lion and lioness ride in the state coach which is driven by the Earl of Bute and the Princess of Wales. Engraving, 1762.
Date: April 2 1783Reference: 585071i- Pictures
John Evans, astrologer and medical practitioner. Line engraving by R. Godfrey, 1776, after Bulfinch.
Bulfinch.Date: June 1st 1776Reference: 651864i- Pictures
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A trio of quack doctors attending to Britannia: the Earl of Bute with an ass's head blindfolds a woman who is vomiting into a bowl held by Louis XV as a baboon: Tobias Smollett takes her pulse;while Henry Fox approaches her with a clyster-pipe; representing the loss of British assets to France in the Treaty of Paris. Etching attributed to Paul Sandby, 1762.
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809Date: [1762]Reference: 12163i- Pictures
A bull snorts angrily as it tosses a Spaniard in the air and is restrained by three men pulling its tail behind, a native American and a well-dressed French gentleman cower in fright to the right and a Dutchman sitting on a barrel of gin and smoking a pipe looks on in amusement. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1780.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Jan 4 1780Reference: 585026i- Pictures
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Lord North and the Earl of Mansfield stand on a platform addressing a group of distressed patriots beyond which ships of war sail and sink. Engraving, 1776.
Date: [1 Dec. 1776]Reference: 584820i- Pictures
Ralph Allen making a speech to the Corporation of Bath. Etching by W. Hibbart, 1763.
Hibbart, William, 1725-1808.Date: [28 May] 1763Reference: 12164i- Pictures
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A doctor giving a woman some medicine in front of a group of disagreeing men; representing Dr. Musgrave's attempt to bring charges against a group of politicians who had allegedly taken bribes from the French to complete the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Etching, 1769.
Date: [12 August 1769]Reference: 12168i- Pictures
A bull tied down by Scottish politicians and burdened with taxation is baited by a Spaniard and a Frenchman and treated with contempt by a Dutchman; representing Great Britain in 1779. Engraving, 1779.
Date: Dec.r 6. 1779Reference: 2921460i- Pictures
King George III sits on his throne asleep while the new ministry, helped by devils, drives out the king's old advisers. Etching by J. Gillray, 1782.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: April 2 1783Reference: 585051i- Pictures
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A woman being stabbed while the blood pouring from her wounds is drunk by a group of men; representing Britannia's resources being drained by politicians. Engraving, 1768.
Date: [10 May 1768]Reference: 12166i- Pictures
Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi after W. Beechey.
Beechey, William, Sir, 1753-1839.Date: Jan.y 1 1799Reference: 2858255i