print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.5977
- Title
- Object: The convention.
- Description
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England and Spain, represented by an English sailor (left) and a Spanish don (right), turn their backs on each other and prepare to walk away. Each has a dog, that of the sailor snarls at the don, whose dog walks off with its tail between its legs. The sailor wears short trousers; he holds a cudgel, and scowls over his left shoulder at the don, his left hand in his waistcoat pocket. The don, who holds his much-feathered hat, puts his right hand on his hip and marches off jauntily with a pointed toe as if dancing, looking round with an air of defiance. The sailor says "You be D------n'd" (cf. BMSats 5611, 5612), his profile resembles that of John Bull in those prints; the other answers 'Adieu'. 1 December 1790.
Etching
- Production date
- 1790
- Dimensions
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Height: 246 millimetres
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Width: 375 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)
For the Convention between England and Spain see BMSat 7687, &c.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.5977
