COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
31482
Title:
A PICTURESQUE VIEW OF THE STATE OF THE NATION FOR FEBRUARY 1778.
Place:
[London]
Date:
[1778]
Image technique:
Engraving
Image dimensions:
10.1 x 17.3 cm. (image)
Narrative description:
British Commerce as a cow; France has entered the war on the side of the Americans in order to destroy British trade. Images include: America as an Indian; Britain lion sleeping; British people in despair; France as a man with a bowl of milk; Holland as a milkman; Howe brothers (Admiral Richard Howe and General William Howe) sleeping in Philadelphia; Howe's ship, Eagle, aground; City of Philadelphia; Spain as a man with a bowl of milk.
References:
BM 5472; Cresswell, American Revolution, 726; Honour, European vision of America, no. 234
Notes:
From: the Westminster magazine, vol. 66 (March 1778), p. 66. Pasted on verso, "Explanation of the political print."
Subject:
American Revolution French Alliance
Normalized date:
1778
A PICTURESQUE VIEW OF THE STATE OF THE NATION FOR FEBRUARY 1778.
