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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
31412
Title:
OLD TIME'S advice to BRITANNIA Or ENGLISH REFLECTIONS on G[ER]M[A]N CONECTIONS.
Place:
[London]. Publish'd According to Act
Date:
[1761]
Image technique:
Etching, in red ink.
Image dimensions:
13 x 27.8 cm. (trimmed)
Narrative description:
England and Germany face off across the water. Criticism of William Pitt, Earl Chatham, for expense of hiring German mercenaries to fight against France. Images include: Britannia; Marquis of Granby; Hessian soldiers; British navy; British sailor.
References:
BM 3826
Notes:
"Sold at Vandyke's Head Portugal Street Near Lincolns Inn price 6d." Includes poetry. 29-line rebus poem below image.
Subject:
Seven Years' War
Normalized date:
1761

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OLD TIME'S advice to BRITANNIA Or ENGLISH REFLECTIONS on G[ER]M[A]N CONECTIONS.