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print; satirical print; puzzle-picture

Object Type: print; satirical print; puzzle-picture
Museum number: 1868,0808.4009
Title: Object: A Complimental Hieroglyphic Card from the British Lion to the French Leopard occasion'd by there late excessive Triumph
Description: Satirical rebus in the form of a letter to the French stating that the British will recapture Minorca and that those responsible for its loss will be punished. 27 August 1756 Etching
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Production date: 1756
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 335 millimetres; Width: 213 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
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Associated names: Associated with: Admiral John Byng; Associated with: George II, King of Great Britain; Associated with: Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; Associated with: George Anson, Baron Anson; Associated with: Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke; Associated with: George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley; Associated with: Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland; Associated with: William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington; Associated with: Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke; Associated with: Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de La Galissonnière
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Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.4009