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- Published / Created:
- [3 September 1778]
- Call Number:
- 778.09.03.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- In a landscape with a town in the background, a zebra is shown facing left with the names of the 13 colonies engraved on its stripes. Behind the animal, George Grenville is about to put on its back a saddle labelled "Stamp Act." To the left, Lord North pulls at the reins, proclaiming "My name is Boreas the First; I hold the reins and will never quit them till the beast is subdued." On the right two men hold the tail, one a representative of France, the other in English military dress (probably depicting Washington) saying "My name is Fabius the Second, & the rudder is my hand." Behind North are the three commissioners, probably Johnstone, Carlisle, and Eden, lamenting that "Our offers are rejected, no terms but independence" etc
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 24 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for G. Johnson as the Act directs 3 Sept. 1778, and sold at all the printshops in London & Westminster
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, America., and England
- Subject (Name):
- Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825., Johnstone, George, 1730-1787., Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Washington, George, 1732-1799., and Grenville, George, 1712-1770.
- Subject (Topic):
- Stamp act, 1765, Politics and government, History, Causes, Colonies, Clothing & dress, and Zebras
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The curious zebra alive from America! walk in gem'men and ladies, walk in. [graphic]
