Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: The Colossus of the North or The Striding Boreas.

Accession number: 
31460
Title: 
The Colossus of the North or The Striding Boreas.
Place: 
[London]
Date: 
[1774]
Image technique: 
Engraving
Image dimensions: 
13.2 x 16.9 cm. (image)
Narrative description: 
Lord North as the Colossus of Rhodes. Criticism of the North Administration for "tyranny and venality." Images include: Britannia; Frederick, Lord North, Earl of Guilford; Westminster Hall; John Wilkes, recently elected Mayor of London; lit torch named "America;" Members of Parliament as a river.
References: 
BM 5242; Cresswell, American Revolution, 675
Notes: 
From: The London Magazine, vol. 43 (December, 1774), p. 520. Includes poetry. 2-line verse below image.
Subject: 
North Administration (January 1770-March 1782).
Normalized date: 
1774