Britannia, holding the staff and cap of Liberty, addresses Mars and Neptune as representatives of Britons as they cut through a map of North America. Engraving by L. Boitard, 1755.
- Boitard, Louis-Pierre, active 1733-1763.
- Date:
- August 11 1755
- Reference:
- 579975i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Admiral Boscawen had been appointed to command a squadron ordered to North America to check on the encroachments of the French. They failed due to fog which shielded the French from attack. This print is one of several referring to this episode
Publication/Creation
[London] : published according to Act of Parliament, August 11 1755.
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; sheet 25 x 34.1 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Britain's rights maintained; or French ambition dismantled ... a lover of his country
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, Vol III, London 1978, no. 3331
Reference
Wellcome Collection 579975i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores