COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
29836
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29836
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Record number:
29836-7
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29836-7
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JCB call number:
DC R888a
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DC R888a
JCB call number
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Image title:
The able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught.
image_title
The able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught.
Image title
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Creator 1:
Paul Revere
creator1
Paul Revere
Creator 1
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Creator 1 dates:
1734-1818
creator1_dates
1734-1818
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Creator 1 role:
Sculp
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Sculp
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false
Place image published:
[Boston]
place_image_published
[Boston]
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false
Image publisher:
[Isaiah Thomas]
image_publisher
[Isaiah Thomas]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1774]
image_date
[1774]
Image date
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Image function:
frontispiece
image_function
frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
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Image dimension height:
9.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
9.1 cm.
Image dimension height
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Image dimension width:
14.8 cm.
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14.8 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
21.7cm.
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21.7cm.
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Page dimension width:
12.8 cm.
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12.8 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Languages:
English
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English
Languages
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Description:
Cartoon showing a European gentleman with the Boston Port Bill in his pocket pouring tea down a [native American] woman's mouth. She is being held down by a lascivious gentleman at her feet and a judge at her arms. A woman holding a spear and shield covers her eyes while a gentleman holds a sword with "Military Law" on it. In the background is a scene of "Boston cannonaded" and in the foreground is a tattered paper containing Boston's petition to England.
description
Cartoon showing a European gentleman with the Boston Port Bill in his pocket pouring tea down a [native American] woman's mouth. She is being held down by a lascivious gentleman at her feet and a judge at her arms. A woman holding a spear and shield covers her eyes while a gentleman holds a sword with "Military Law" on it. In the background is a scene of "Boston cannonaded" and in the foreground is a tattered paper containing Boston's petition to England.
Description
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Source Title:
The royal American magazine, or Universal repository of instruction and amusement. For June, 1774.
source_title
The royal American magazine, or Universal repository of instruction and amusement. For June, 1774.
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
Boston
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Boston
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed by and for I. Thomas, near the Market ...
source_publisher
Printed by and for I. Thomas, near the Market ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1774
source_date
1774
Source date
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notes:
Britannia weeps as Frederick, Lord North, pours tea into the mouth of America, while a Frenchman and a Spaniard (with the Order of the Golden Fleece) watch from the side. William Murray, first earl of Mansfield (Lord Chief Justice) and an opponent of repealing the Stamp Act, holds America's wrist while John Montagu, fourth earl of Sandwich (First Lord of the Admiralty), holds her ankles. The man with a sword represents John Stuart, earl of Bute, (prime minister for George III from 1762 to 1763 and instrumental in negotiating the Treaty of Paris) in a Scottish hat and kilt. Revere copied this image from an original in London Magazine, Apr. 1774, vol. 43, p. 185; the only change being that Revere added the word "tea" to the teapot. The Boston Port Bill, levied as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party, was signed into law on March 31, 1774, and provided the final wedge between Massachusetts and the crown. Image is placed horizontally on page. Published first by Isaiah Thomas and then Joseph Greenleaf in Boston, this magazine was produced from January 1774 until April 1775 when the war put an end to publication.
notes
Britannia weeps as Frederick, Lord North, pours tea into the mouth of America, while a Frenchman and a Spaniard (with the Order of the Golden Fleece) watch from the side. William Murray, first earl of Mansfield (Lord Chief Justice) and an opponent of repealing the Stamp Act, holds America's wrist while John Montagu, fourth earl of Sandwich (First Lord of the Admiralty), holds her ankles. The man with a sword represents John Stuart, earl of Bute, (prime minister for George III from 1762 to 1763 and instrumental in negotiating the Treaty of Paris) in a Scottish hat and kilt. Revere copied this image from an original in London Magazine, Apr. 1774, vol. 43, p. 185; the only change being that Revere added the word "tea" to the teapot. The Boston Port Bill, levied as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party, was signed into law on March 31, 1774, and provided the final wedge between Massachusetts and the crown. Image is placed horizontally on page. Published first by Isaiah Thomas and then Joseph Greenleaf in Boston, this magazine was produced from January 1774 until April 1775 when the war put an end to publication.
notes
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Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 84-85; British Museum no. 5226a; Shadwell, W.J. American Printmaking, 39; http://www.webcom.c… (Mar. 2004)
references_
Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 84-85; British Museum no. 5226a; Shadwell, W.J. American Printmaking, 39; http://www.webcom.com/frost/abledoctor.html (Mar. 2004)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1946.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1946.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Political cartoons
subject_heads
Political cartoons
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Emblems--America
subject_heads
Emblems--America
Subject headings
false