print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1948,0214.575
Title: Object: French Treaty Reviewed
Description: Satire on the commercial treaty of 1786 between France and Britain: caricatured Frenchman holding bag of British hardware in front of John Bull holding bottle of French wine; other products affected by the treaty represented behind; the rainbow of Durability linking Frenchmen eating roastbeef and Britons eating frogs in the background, over merchant ships sailing through the Channel. 30 November 1786 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: William Dent; Published by: William Moore; Published by: E Macklew; Published by: J (or W) Dickie
School/style
Production date: 1786
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 213 millimetres; Width: 385 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; trade/industry
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1948
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1948,0214.575

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