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Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

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Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

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Print shows two men representing Spain and France leading George III by a rope attached to his neck and Lord Shelburne through a gateway formed by spears, from the crossbar of which are tumbling the British lion, a crown, and unicorn. Shelburne is followed by a man who carries a scourge with thirteen lashes labeled "America" and leading, by rope attached to his neck, a surly Dutchman. Their destination is a building labeled "Inquisition" at the top of a hill on the left.

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6174
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 849.

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01/01/1783
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