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Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
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A jack-boot stands on top of a truncated obelisk enclosed within a triangular gibbet from which hang a fox and a goose from garlands; representing the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Etching, 1763.
Date: [Feb 10 1763]Reference: 581173i- Books
The manning of the British Navy during the Seven Years' War / Stephen F. Gradish.
Gradish, Stephen F. (Stephen Francis), 1937-1974.Date: [1980], ©1980- Pictures
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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A trio of quack doctors attending to Britannia: the Earl of Bute with an ass's head blindfolds a woman who is vomiting into a bowl held by Louis XV as a baboon: Tobias Smollett takes her pulse;while Henry Fox approaches her with a clyster-pipe; representing the loss of British assets to France in the Treaty of Paris. Etching attributed to Paul Sandby, 1762.
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809Date: [1762]Reference: 12163i
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An account of the diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany, from January 1761 to the return of the troops to England in March 1763 / To which is added, an essay on the means of preserving the health of soldiers, and conducting military hospitals. By Donald Monro.
Monro, Donald, 1727-1802.Date: MDCCLXIV