Ô qu'el d'Estain - A drawing of a lion with a bird on it's back

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Ô qu'el d'Estain - A drawing of a lion with a bird on it's back

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Print shows in a medallion, within an oblong frame, a cock, a lion, and a rattlesnake attacking a leopard - this scene labeled "Tu la voulu"; outside the circle, in the four corners of the oblong frame, are the heads of a cock (upper left) labeled "La France," a lion (upper right) labeled "L'Espagne," a rattlesnake (lower left) labeled "L'Amerique," and a leopard (lower right) labeled "L'Angleterre." Includes a quote from Voltaire: "Du sein de la tyrannie naquit l'independance."

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01/01/1779
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Library of Congress
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