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The general p--s, or peace, British Cartoon Print

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The general p--s, or peace, British Cartoon Print

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Print shows five men, an Englishman, a Dutchman, a Native representing America, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman urinating into a pot. The Englishman says, "Say what they will, I call this an honourable P--," the Native says, "I call this a free and Independent P--," and the Frenchman says, "Jack English we confess your exceeding good nature, tho' we have wrangled you out of America you freely make P-- with us." Five swords, two drums, and the flags of the respective nations rest on the ground before the pot. Includes sixteen line of verse.

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. 844.

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01/01/1783
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