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Parr satyre

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Satirical print by Nathaniel Parr. Published by Edward Ryland, London, 1739. Satire suggesting that Britain has taken the lead among European powers in the growing confrontation that was to lead to the War of Austrian Succession. The Swede is followed by a Turk on an elephant which is gored by a Persian rhinoceros ridden by ‘Kouli Kan’ (Nadir Shah). British Museum, London, BM 1868,0808.3626.

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