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Options: 1) Download Source Image from Library of Congress 2) If link above doesn't work, try alternate LOC link 3) Report broken link The plan, or a scene in the French cabinet, Sepr. 1779 PC 3 - 1779 -...TITLE:The plan, or a scene in the French cabinet, Sepr. 1779CALL NUMBER:PC 3 - 1779 - Plan ... (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-DIG-ppmsca-10081 (digital file from original print) SUMMARY:Cartoon shows Benjamin Franklin standing, center, holding a copy of the "Plan" which calls for draining of the "British Ocean" to facilitate an invasion by French troops; in his other hand are strings connected to the noses of four members of the cabinet, the king, and a clerical figure; while they comment on the "Plan" and their respective roles, Franklin, controlling the strings, laughs. MEDIUM:1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:[London : 1779 Sept.] NOTES: Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2005. SUBJECTS: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780. REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:(digital file from original print) ppmsca 10081 CARD #:97514639
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