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The British Lion Engaging Four Powers

The British Lion Engaging Four Powers

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

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TITLE:  The British lion engaging four powers CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 6004 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-1533 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows a lion confronting a spaniel, representing Spain, a fighting cock, representing France, a rattlesnake, representing America, and a pug dog, representing Holland. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Pubd. by J. Barrow : Sold by Richardson Print Seller, N. 68 High Holborn, 1782 June 14th. NOTES: Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6004 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. 821. SUBJECTS: Lions--1780-1790. International relations--Great Britain--1780-1790. International relations--France--1780-1790. International relations--Netherlands--1780-1790. International relations--Spain--1780-1790. Symbols--1780-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Etchings British 1780-1790. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a05324 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05324 CONTROL #:  2004673480