File:The Congress; or, a Device to lower the Land-Tax. (BM 1855,0414.303).jpg
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[edit]The Congress; or, a Device to lower the Land-Tax.
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Title |
The Congress; or, a Device to lower the Land-Tax. |
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Description |
English: A broadside satirising the Bute administration's overtures for peace with France, suggesting that the Duke of Bedford, the chief peace negotiator, was motivated by personal interest in escaping paying the Land Tax that supported the war; the further implication is that retaining "Barren Canada" and "Part of Newfoundland" is a poor bargain for the return of "Guadalupe Martinico &c &c" to the French. Bute is shown offering a scroll to two Frenchmen who are holding on a chain the British lion from whose mane hang the "Auditor" and the "Briton", two Bute-supporting newspapers; above Bute's head another Scot holds the "Standard of England" (the last word crossed through) which consists of Princess Augusta's petticoat and Bute's boot; on the left is the tomb of "English Glory Obit 1762". With letterpress title and verses of a song in two columns. (London: 1762) |
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Depicted people | Representation of: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1762 date QS:P571,+1762-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1855,0414.303 |
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Notes | The preliminary articles of the peace treaty were signed 3 November 1762 and the peace was concluded on 10 February 1763. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1855-0414-303 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 12:21, 14 January 2008 |
File change date and time | 12:22, 14 January 2008 |
Date metadata was last modified | 12:22, 14 January 2008 |