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The English Lion Dismember'd

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Item

Date:

c. 1755.

Reference:

R9266-532-1-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3851492

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2008 Acquisition

The English Lion Dismember'd
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

c. 1755.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print : engraved copper plate ; 25.6 x 35 cm.

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana [graphic material, textual material, cartographic material]

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Item consists of a plate that is one of a set with the British Resentment.This is a political cartoon of the enquiry into the loss of the ship Minerva. There are labels within the image and an inscription at the bottom of the print.
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Artist: Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770

Engraver: June, J
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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory number : 3CX5G

Attributions and conjectures:

This print is after the artist Louis-Phillippe Boitard.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: engraved, in the plate, l.c.: Or the Voice of the Public for an enquiry into teh lofs of Minerva with Ad. __ B __ es'q. plea before his examiners; l.r: Published according to Act of Parliament; b.: Told by the Printsellers of London and Westminster (partial transcription)

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2008-00292-6
R9266
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Credit : Library and Archives Canada, Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, Acc. No. R9266-4712
Copyright : Expired

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