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Peace porridge all hot - the best to be got / T. Colley engd., British Cartoon Print

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Peace porridge all hot - the best to be got / T. Colley engd., British Cartoon Print

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Print shows an Englishman and servant offering bowls of "peace porridge" to a Frenchman, a Spaniard, a Dutchman, and a Native woman representing America. The Native says, "I rest Contented with a dish of Independant Soup." Includes text of a song sung to the tune of "Roast Beef of Old England."

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6172
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 847.

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01/01/1783
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Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, artist
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