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Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Print shows seven British officers admiring themselves in a mirror held up for them by a devil. The officers are, from right to left, Amherst, Murray, Burgoyne, and possibly Tarleton, Cornwallis, Clinton, and Sir William Howe.

Illus. in: Advice to the officers of the British army; with the addition of some hints to the drummer and private soldier ... / Francis Grose. 8th ed. London : Printed by W. Richardson, for G. Kearsley, in Fleet Street, 1783, frontispiece.
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. 864.

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01/01/1783
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