COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
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JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
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Accession number:
31449
accession_number
31449
Accession number
false
Title:
The able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught.
title
The able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught.
Title
false
Place:
[London]
place
[London]
Place
false
Date:
[1774]
date
[1774]
Date
false
Image technique:
Engraving
image_technique
Engraving
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
9.4 x 15.1 cm. (image)
image_dimensions
9.4 x 15.1 cm. (image)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Intolerable Acts. Boston Tea Party. Boston Port Bill (March 31, 1774) closed the port in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party. Images include: America, as a woman forced to drink tea; Britannia despairing; John Stuart, Earl of Bute, in highland dress; William Murray, Lord Mansfield, in wig and robes restraining America; Frederick, Lord North, Earl of Guilford, pouring tea in America's mouth; John Montague, Earl of Sandwich, restraining America; Spain with the Order of the Golden Fleece.
narrative_description
Intolerable Acts. Boston Tea Party. Boston Port Bill (March 31, 1774) closed the port in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party. Images include: America, as a woman forced to drink tea; Britannia despairing; John Stuart, Earl of Bute, in highland dress; William Murray, Lord Mansfield, in wig and robes restraining America; Frederick, Lord North, Earl of Guilford, pouring tea in America's mouth; John Montague, Earl of Sandwich, restraining America; Spain with the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 5226; Cresswell, American Revolution, 664
references
BM 5226; Cresswell, American Revolution, 664
References
false
Notes:
From The London Magazine, vol. 43 (May, 1774), p. 184. JCB copy 2 in The Royal American Magazine, Vol. 1, no. vi (June, 1774). (accession # 29836); copy 3 in Freebetter's New-England Almanac, 1776 (DD Drake 305) (accession # 31109); and copy 4 in John Allen, The watchman's alarm, Salem, 1774, (accession # 1903).
notes
From The London Magazine, vol. 43 (May, 1774), p. 184. JCB copy 2 in The Royal American Magazine, Vol. 1, no. vi (June, 1774). (accession # 29836); copy 3 in Freebetter's New-England Almanac, 1776 (DD Drake 305) (accession # 31109); and copy 4 in John Allen, The watchman's alarm, Salem, 1774, (accession # 1903).
Notes
false
Creators:
P[aul] Revere Sculp.
creators
P[aul] Revere Sculp.
Creators
false
Subject:
North Administration (January 1770-March 1782). Tension between Britain and the American colonies.
subject
North Administration (January 1770-March 1782). Tension between Britain and the American colonies.
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1774
normalized_date
1774
Normalized date
false