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• 2010-12-24 20:50 Beao 400×290× (40299 bytes)
• 2010-09-18 14:46 Lobsterthermidor 402×294× (38298 bytes) ''Robert Jenkins shows his severed ear to Prime Minister Robert Walpole''. 1738 satirical cartoon depicts Prime Minister Robert Walpole swooning when confronted with the Spanish-sliced ear, which led to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739. British Museum, Lo