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Count de Grasse in the sugar trap
Title
Count de Grasse in the sugar trap [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Sold by E. Rich, at the little Print Shop opposite Anderton's Coffee House, Fleet Street ; Pubd. by J. Barrow, May 28th 1782.
Physical Description
1 print : etching & engraving ; plate mark 202 x 219 mm, on sheet 24 x 25 cm
Notes
Title from item.
Summary
Admiral de Grasse stands up to his waist in a large barrel, saying "I shall never more love the Englishmen's sugar and gunpowder." On the left stands an English naval officer with cutlass in hand, and on the right an English sailor. Refers to De Grasse's defeat by Rodney when the French attempted to raid Jamaica in 1782.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2005
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1782.
Engravings - England - London - 1782.
Etchings - England - London - 1782.
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