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Avaunt ye troublers of a World's repose..

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Date:

1768.

Reference:

R13133-364-1-E, Volume number: 41

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3986030

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Avaunt ye troublers of a World's repose..
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Date(s):

1768.

Place:

London:

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Publisher:

London Magazine,

Extent:

1 print : engraving

Language of material:

English

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Image depicts a group of four figures, one of which is a kneeling boy on the left. Britannia stands in the centre, with a shield at her feet; behind her is King George, who points with a sceptre and observes a seated weeping woman. At their feet are maps of Corsica and North America. The group is situated to the right of a structure with Doric columns, infront of a large ship.
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
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General note:

publication: frontispiece in London Magazine Vol. XXXVII, 1768.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, u.l.: Frontispiece to 1768.
Recto, u.r.: Vol. XXXVII.
Recto, l.c. within image (on maps): CORSICA / NORTH AMERICA
Recto, l.c.: Avaunt ye troublers of a World's repose / No more your base destructive schemes disclose: / For GEORGE shall yet support the fainting Fair, / Restore her peace, & shield her from Despair.
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British Empire

Historical Events - 1768
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

41 Item no. assigned by LAC 350

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-350

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