COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
31515
Title:
ARGUS.
Place:
[London]
Publisher:
Pubd. . . . by W. Renegal
Date:
1780. May 15th
Image technique:
Etching, colored.
Image dimensions:
23.4 x 33.6 cm. (image).
Narrative description:
Criticism of George III. Images include: America as an Indian; Britain as a lion; Britannia in despair; John Stuart, Earl of Bute; British commerce as a man in rags; George III, King of Great Britain, asleep; Holland stealing honey; Ireland as a man with a harp.
References:
BM 5667; Cresswell, American Revolution, 772
Notes:
Attributed to Gilray by British Museum Catalogue.
Subject:
British political scene
Normalized date:
1780
ARGUS.
