Celebrations of Wellington's victory at the battle of Salamanca: Sir Francis Burdett's house is attacked, a funeral procession of Whigs passes by, and a toast is drunk to Wellington by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Coloured etching by W.H. Brooke, 1812.

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1 October 1812
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38421i
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Celebrations of Wellington's victory at the battle of Salamanca: Sir Francis Burdett's house is attacked, a funeral procession of Whigs passes by, and a toast is drunk to Wellington by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Coloured etching by W.H. Brooke, 1812. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The design is divided into two by a column. In the left foreground are two figures, male and female, representing Discord or Faction: the female falls upon a flaming torch, while the male has dropped a lantern. On the right a lion tramples the French standards

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[London] : [publisher not identified], 1 October 1812.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 16.2 x 34 cm

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Effects of the arrival of French eagles in England. Satirist invt. W.H. Ekoorb delt et aq<u>a forts fecit.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1949, vol. 9, no. 11905

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Wellcome Collection 38421i

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