News from America, or, The patriots in the dumps [graphic].

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Title: News from America, or, The patriots in the dumps [graphic].
Alternative Title: Patriots in the dumps
Published / Created: [1776]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publisher not indentified
Abstract: Reaction to the Battle of Long Island and the capture of New York by British forces. North and Mansfield stand on a platform, the former holding up a dispatch from Howe. Bute and George III stand behind them. A distressed Wilkes stands in the left foreground, with a tearful woman on the ground near him holding the cap of Liberty. Two ministers are depicted on the right, one being Sandwich, the other probably Germain. The seacoast is visible in the background with ships, some sinking
Description: Title from item.
Above image in plate: Lond. Mag. Nov. 1776.
From the London Magazine v, 45, p. 599 of Nov. 1776, although British museum catalogue gives date as Dec. 1, 1776.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 189 x 126 mm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Political cartoons England 1776
Satires (Visual works) England 1776
Periodical illustrations 1776
Etchings England 1776
Engravings England 1776
Material: etching & engraving ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
America.
United States
Subject (Name): Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792.
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785.
Subject (Topic): Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776
Colonies
History
Campaigns
Subjects: Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785
Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776
Great Britain > Colonies > America
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Campaigns
England > 1776
1776

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