The vanity of human glory. A design for the monument of General Wolfe, 1760
The vanity of human glory. A design for the monument of General Wolfe, 1760
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The vanity of human glory. A design for the monument of General Wolfe, 1760
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An attack on George Sackville for his alleged misconduct at Minden. Wolfe had recently died in glory on the battlefield at Quebec. The hound in the cartoon represents Sackville -- it is disgracing itself on the corpse of the lion representing Wolfe.