Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: BRITISH RESENTMENT or the FRENCH fairly COOPT at Louisbourg
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Accession number:
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31859
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Title:
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BRITISH RESENTMENT or the FRENCH fairly COOPT at Louisbourg
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Place:
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[London]. Publishd According to Act of Parliament
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Publisher:
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Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & Jno. Bowles & son, in Cornhil
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Date:
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1755. Sepbr. 25
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Image technique:
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Etching, colored
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Image dimensions:
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25.6 x 34.3 cm. (plate mark)
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Narrative description:
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Celebration of British victories over France in North America. English blockade of Louisbourg. Images include: America as an Indian; Britannia; Britain as a lion; British coat-of-arms; French coat-of-arms; France as a cock; the "people of France" as politicians; people of Louisbourg, caged; Mars; Neptune; Niagara Falls; British sailors; British soldiers; British navy; English rose, thriving; French lily dying.
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References:
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BM 3332
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Notes:
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Engraved explanation, 1-12, below image. JCB copy 2 is colored. Accession # 31857.
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Creators:
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L. Boitard Invt. et Delin.; J. June Sculp.
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Subject:
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Seven Years' War
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Normalized date:
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1755
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