The congress of brutes [graphic].

Description

Title: The congress of brutes [graphic].
Published / Created: [1748]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A satire of the Congress and Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle with references to Silesia and Gibraltar and the territorial concessions made by the British, specifically relinguishing Capr Breton to France. Here the European powers are represented as beasts: France is depicted as a crowing cock; England as lion; Holland as boar; Genoa as dog; Prussia as wolf; Spain as leopard; Germany as griffin; Austria as eagle; and the Duchy of Lorraine as dog
Description: Title engraved above image.
Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 10.
Watermark: Pro patria.
Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Formerly owned by Edwin Thomas Truman, and sold to Bowditch in 1906.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.3 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 26 x 39 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1748
Etchings England London 1748
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Europe
Subject (Topic): Foreign relations
Politics and government
Animals in human situations
Roosters
Lions
Boars
Dogs
Wolves
Eagles
Leopards
Griffins
Subjects: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1727-1760
Europe > Politics and government > 18th century
Animals in human situations
Roosters
Lions
Boars
Dogs
Wolves
Eagles
Leopards
Griffins
England > 1748
England > London > 1748
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ms. notes
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ownership

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