Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: The BULL OVER-DROVE: or the DRIVERS in DANGER.
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Accession number:
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31351
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Title:
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The BULL OVER-DROVE: or the DRIVERS in DANGER.
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Place:
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London
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Publisher:
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Published by W. Humphrey, No. 227, Strand
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Date:
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1780. Feby. 21.
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Image technique:
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Etching, colored
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Image dimensions:
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19.8 x 32.7 cm.
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Narrative description:
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Even with the impediment of incompetent government, England is strong enough to successfully attack her enemies. Images include: Britain as a bull; America as an Indian; Frederick, Lord North, Earl of Guilford, as a driver; John Montagu, Earl Sandwich, as a driver; Lord George Germaine as a driver.
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References:
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BM 5640; cf. Cresswell, American revolution, 810 (1782 ed.)
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Notes:
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Revised state of the plate. Includes poetry. Verse, in 2 columns, below image, "The state drovers to madness had drove the poor bull. JCB has an uncolored without title (accession # 31530) and another revised colored copy (accession # 31359).
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Subject:
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American Revolution British political scene.
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Normalized date:
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1780
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