COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
31467
Title:
SIX-PENCE A DAY.
Place:
[London]
Publisher:
Publish'd ... by W[illiam] Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Date:
1775. 26 Octr.
Image technique:
Engraving
Image dimensions:
21.4 x 35 cm. (image)
Narrative description:
British anti-recruiting satire. The calamities faced by a British soldier sent to fight in the American colonies are contrasted with the good life of the English worker. Images include: sedan chair carrier (chair man); chimney sweep; coachman; Famine; American soldiers; British soldiers.
References:
BM 5295
Notes:
"Exposed to the Horrors of War, pestilence and Famine, for a Farthing an Hour," at upper center.
Subject:
American Revolution
Normalized date:
1775
SIX-PENCE A DAY.
