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The First Kiss This Ten Years! - Or - The Meeting Of Britannia & Citizen François

The First Kiss This Ten Years! - Or - The Meeting Of Britannia & Citizen François

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

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TITLE:  The first Kiss this Ten Years! - or - the meeting of Britannia & Citizen François CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 9960 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC4-8778 (color film copy transparency) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  A tall, thin, French officer kissing a fat, richly dressed, seated Britannia. His hat and sword lay on the carpet. Britannia's shield and trident rest on the wall behind her chair. Above them are portraits of George III and Napoleon, facing each other. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : H. Humphrey, 1803 Jany 1st. CREATOR: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver. NOTES: Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9960 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature. SUBJECTS: Britannia (Symbolic character)--1800-1810. Soldiers--French--Great Britain--1800-1810. Courtship--1800-1810. Kissing--1800-1810. International relations--Great Britain--1800-1810. International relations--France--1800-1810. FORMAT: Etchings Hand-colored 1800-1810.Cartoons (Commentary) British 1800-1810. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (color film copy transparency) cph 3g08778 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g08778 CONTROL #:  2001695086