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The Prelimnary Articles of Peace between Great Britain and France and Great Britain and Spain signed at Versailles
1933-467, Print

The Prelimnary Articles of Peace between Great Britain and France and Great Britain and Spain signed at Versailles

Date1783
Artist/Maker
Artist/Maker
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching
Credit LineGift of Governor John G. Pollard
Object number1933-467
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "Engraved for BARNARD'S New Complete & Authentic HISTORY of ENGLAND."
Lower margin reads: "Hamilton delin./ Pollard sculp./ The Preliminary ARTICLES of PEACE between Great Britain & France and Great Britain and Spain/ Signed at Versailles Jan.y 20. 1783. by M.R. FITZHERBERT his Britannic Majesty's Ambassador & Minister Pleni/ tentiary, and the Ministers Plenipotentiary of the Courts of France & Spain -- Which were RATIFIED in FOR/ on Feb.y the 3.d & 9.th 1783, the Exchanges, being then made by and with the said Ambassadors.___"Mark(s)Engraved for Barnard's New Complete & Authentic History of EnglandProvenanceBefore 1932, R. B. Dunwoody (Surrey, England); 1933, given to Governor John G. Pollard [1871-1937] (Richmond, VA); 1933-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).