The blessings of peace [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, by M. Smith in Fleet Street
April 16, 1783

Physical Description:

1 print : etching & engraving with stipple engraving ; sheet 29 x 34 cm.

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 5, no. 6212

Notes:

Attributed by George to Viscount Townshend.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted to 33 x 39 cm.

Abstract:

George III, surrounded by members of the present and former governments, stands on the British shore of the Atlantic Ocean. He holds out his arms in a gesture of uncertainty asking, "My Lords and Gentlemen, what should I do." Each of the statesmen gives his advice. In the background, "England's sun" is "setting" behind the hills at the foot of which sailors, soldiers and civilians are shown fighting, perhaps in allusion to the mutiny of sailors in Portsmouth in March 1783. Between both groups, on the extreme right, a smaller group of men with peg legs or on crutches, apparently veterans of the American war, is addressed by Lord Amherst who says, "Gentlemen we have no further occasion for you." On the extreme left, on the American shore of the Atlantic, a young girl in Indian dress sits between the kings of France and Spain, who each hold her hand. Benjamin Franklin places a wreath on top of her head-dress. Above in the sky, a witch flies away on a broomstick with a banner reading, "Peace -- Peace -- P-e-a-c" issuing from under her skirts.

Associated Names:

Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807 [Artist]

Topics:

Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Lansdowne, William
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806

Topics:

Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1760-1789
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings -- England -- London -- 1783
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1783
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1783

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

783.04.16.04+

Orbis Record:

6810908

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr05183

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10724747

PID:

digcoll:553371