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English:
Poster. Lord (or "milord") North and the governor's wife (from Grenada). French propaganda print after the French victory in Grenada in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War.
Left: Prime Minister, Lord North, lowering his head to the wife of the governor Grenada, who shows him a picture of the capture of Grenada by the French. Seated in the center: the King of England: "The loss of Grenada makes me sick." Seated at left, Albion (Britannia): "Our business of America gives me the colic." Below: Lord North, "If you had defended against the climbing (of the walls with ladders), he would not have taken Grenada from you." Response of the governor's wife: "My lord, we defended ourselves in vain, and then had to cede to Count d'Estaing." The governor's wife is depicted in a version of extreme late-1770s fashions (see
File:Mlle Des Victoire coiffure à la Grenade 1779.jpg
), with a version of a British ensign hanging down from the back of her hair. A fleur-de-lis banner hangs from the wall of the fortress.
Français :
Affiche. Milord North (premier ministre britannique) et la femme du gouverneur (de la Grenade). Estampe française de propagande après la victoire française de la Grenade en 1779, pendant la guerre d'indépendance américaine.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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| Author | Michelin, graveur, sans plus de précision. |
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