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The Brits Lost the War, and Then They Wouldn’t Pose for This Painting

Lost Masterpieces

While five Americans proudly pose holding the momentous Treaty of Paris, the British are notably absent in Benjamin West’s ‘Signing of the Preliminary Treaty of Peace.’

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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

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