Brittannia roused, or, The coalition monsters destroyed [graphic].

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Title: Brittannia roused, or, The coalition monsters destroyed [graphic].
Alternative Title: Britannia roused, or, The coalition monsters destroyed
Coalition monsters destroyed
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Published / Created: [n.d.]
Copyright Date: [3 February 1784]
Publication Place: [London]
Abstract: A giant, half-nude female figure of Britannia swings terror-stricken diminutive figures of Charles Fox and Lord North in the air. Holding Fox by the ankle, she raises him above her head while North dangles by his neck from her other hand. Her shield and the liberty cap are beside her.
Description: Date of publication from Grego.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 28.1 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 37 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Collection Title: The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Collection / Other Creator: Harvey, Francis
Collection Created: London
Container / Volume: Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-44

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1784.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1784.
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
Liberty cap.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6403
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 116-7