[America] [to] her [mis]taken [moth]er [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- [America] [to] her [mis]taken [moth]er [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- America to her mistaken mother
- Contributor
- Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [12 May 1794]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
- Abstract
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"A 'hieroglyphic letter' or rebus in answer to the foregoing. America (l.), as a Red Indian woman, seated and leaning to the left.; she holds a flag with thirteen vertical stripes in her left hand, in her right. she holds out a fleur-de-lys. Beside her is an oval shield on which are thirteen stars."(America) (toe) her (Miss)taken (Moth)er. (Yew) s(eye)lly (old woman) t(hat) (yew) have sent a (lure) (toe) us is very (plane) (toe) draw our at(ten)-t(eye)on from our re(awl) (eye)ntrests (butt) we are determ(eye)n'd (toe) ab(eye)de by our own ways of th(eye)nk(eye)ng (Ewer) [your] 5 (child)ren (yew) have sent (toe) us sh(awl) (bee) treated as V(eye)s(eye)tors, & safely sent home aga(eye)n (yew) may [? carved bracket] t them & adm(eye)re them, (butt) (yew) must (knot) (X)pect I of (ewer) (puppet)s w(eye)ll (comb) [come] home (toe) (yew) as sweet as (yew) sent h(eye)m, twas cruel toe send so pretty a (man) so many 1000 miles & (toe) have the fat(eye)gue of re[t](urn)ing back after (spike?)(eye)ng h(eye)s (coat) & d(eye)rt(eye)ng [dirting] t[hose] red (heel) (shoes) (eye)f (yew) are w(eyes) follow (ewer) own ad(vice) (yew) gave (toe) me take home ewer (ships) sold(eye)(ears) [soldiers] guard (well) (ewer) own tr(eye)fl(eye)(ling ?) [a fish]. & leave me (toe) my self as (eye) am at age (toe) know my own (eye)ntrests. w(eye)thout (ewer) (fool)(eye)sh ad(vice) & know t(hat) (eye) sh(awl) (awl)ways regard (yew) & my Brothers as relat(eye)ons (butt) (knot) as fr(eye)nds. (Eye) (am) (ewer) (grate)fy (eye)njured Daughter Amer(eye)k.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from first line of text.
A letter in form of rebus. The following words within title are represented by a rebus: America by a figure of an American Indian ; to by a toe ; 'mis' in 'mistaken' by an image of a girl ; 'moth' in 'mother' by an image of a moth.
Reissue of a print originally published on 11 May 1778 by M. Darly. Cf. No. 5475 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below.
'9' in publication year erased and changed in contemporary hand to '8'. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iii (1784).
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 37 x 26 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 794.05.12.54
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Rebuses
Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Engravings England London 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Topic)
-
Indians of North America
Correspondence
Hieroglyphics - Subjects
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Indians of North America
Correspondence
Hieroglyphics
England > 1794
England > London > 1794
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7991176
- Object ID (OID)
- 10939104