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Great Britain - History - George III, 1760-1820

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  • English commerce is shown as a cow milked by the Dutch, the horns sawn off by the Americans and its milk drunk by the French and the Spanish, while an Englishman wrings his hands at this distressing sight. Etching, ca. 1780.

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    English commerce is shown as a cow milked by the Dutch, the horns sawn off by the Americans and its milk drunk by the French and the Spanish, while an Englishman wrings his hands at this distressing sight. Etching, ca. 1780.

    | Date: [1780?] | Reference: 42559i
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    Peace arriving in Britain at the end of the Seven Years War. Etching by J.S. Miller and engraving by Cole, 1763.

    Miller, John, 1715-1790? | Date: [1764] | Reference: 2871155i
    Part of: Oxford almanacks
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    The Treaty of Paris: the King-at-arms with decrescent moons on his tabard sits on a horse with the ears of an ass surrounded by grotesque attendants. Engraving by Patchpeace, 1763.

    Patchpeace. | Date: [March 22 1763] | Reference: 581172i
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    Two flying demons tip out of a sack a supply of Scottish clergymen, politicians, doctors etc. arriving in England. Engraving, 1772.

    | Date: [1772] | Reference: 584787i
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    A thin man standing in a bucket with a mop head for hair, and a thin woman with an upturned brush for a head. Etching, 1801, after T. Gearing.

    Gearing, J., active 1801. | Date: Jany. 5th 1801 | Reference: 35244i

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