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
An elegantly dressed and coiffed woman, representing Britain, exchanges blows with the tatooed female America, naked but for a skirt of feathers and a feathered headdress. The first says "I'll force you to obedience you rebellious slut," as America answers "Liberty, liberty for ever Mother while I exist." In the left foreground a shield bearing a compass rose leans agains a tree which is shedding its leaves. A corresponding tree on the right has full foliage with a cap of liberty at its top, while the shield before it displays a pointing hand on which stands a rooster. Ribbons below the British and American shields are titled, respectively, "For obedience" and "For liberty".
Alternative Title:
Who shall
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and "Price 6d."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain, America., and England
Subject (Topic):
History, Colonies, Fighting, Shields, and Clothing & dress
An attack on the Opposition, depicting Britannia, half naked, restrained by the Duke of Grafton and Alderman Hayley, and attacked by knife-wielding America, the latter directed by Wilkes. Discord waves 2 torches on the left. America, dressed as an Indian woman armed with tomahawk and dagger tramples on the shield of Britannia who is simultaneously attacked by the British lion. Camden holds the lion's reins, while Pitt the Elder and a fox (representing Charles James Fox) stand among the onlookers. A medallion in the foreground bears the image of the pious pelican feeding her young
Alternative Title:
Sketch of modern patriotism
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from that of the Westminster Magazine., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Above design: Engrav'd for the Westminster Magazine.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, United States, and America.
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811., Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., and Hayley, George, d. 1781.
In a blacksmith's shop, the Earl of Mansfield forges links of a chain, with Lord North on the left holding his lorgnette in his left hand, with "An Act for prohibiting trade" in his right hand. Lord Sandwich stands to North's left, holding hammer and anchor, with Bute behind them working the bellows and George III looking in the window at the left
Alternative Title:
Political blacksmiths
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed., and Probably a variant of no. 5328 "The State blacksmiths forging fetters for the Americans" in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, United States, and America.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, History, Colonies, and Blacksmiths
Two horses labelled Obstinacy and Pride driven by Mansfield head for an abyss pulling a chaise occupied by a sleeping George III who holds a paper stating "I glory in the name of Englishman." Bute stands behind as footman holding papers entitled places, pensions, reversions. A wheel rolls over Magna Carta and the horses trample the Constitution as mitred clergymen joined by North hold out their hands for favors. Behind the chaise Pitt the elder and Lord Camden reach out as if to protest, while in the foreground a minister offers a bag of money to a crowd of men and women. In the background America is depicted as a city in flames while a demon flies above carrying a sack labelled "National Credit." Accompanying text connected the image with corruption in the boroughs of Hindon and Shaftesbury. cf. British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., Place of publication from that of the Westminster magazine., Subjects identified in the British Museum catalogue., and From the Westminster magazine, v. 3, p. 209.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England., Great Britain, and America.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835., and Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794.
"Britannia and America embrace, while France and Spain try to pull America away, Holland watches their efforts, and Fox points out the struggle to Keppel." A reference to attempts by Russia and Fox to mediate the conflict in 1781-82.
Description:
Title from item., A probable earlier state of no. 5989 without the Humphrey imprint. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Artist and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 32 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Colley No. 5 Acorn Court Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane Old England
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, United States, and America.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, History, Colonies, Liberty cap, and Clothing & dress
Leaf 12. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa stand two figures: Britannia (left) holding the cap of liberty on its staff, while her right hand rests on the back of the sofa. An oval medallion ornamented with a St. George's cross hangs from her wrist, probably respresenting the arms of the City of London. She says "Am I thus Protected?" A small man leans on the back of the sofa saying "Hollo Neighbour! what are you asleep"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
Description:
Title from text below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike, with erroneous signature "J. Gillray fecit" added below image in lower right. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5856 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 105., and On leaf 12 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by I. Jones and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
"A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa stand two figures: Britannia (left) holding the cap of liberty on its staff, while her right hand rests on the back of the sofa. An oval medallion ornamented with a St. George's cross hangs from her wrist, probably respresenting the arms of the City of London. She says "Am I thus Protected?" A small man leans on the back of the sofa saying "Hollo Neighbour! what are you asleep"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Place of publication from British Museum catalogue, which identifies the publisher as J. Jones of 103 Wardour Street, Soho., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by I. Jones
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
A satire on governmental policy towards America. Depicts the Earl of Bute on the left and Earl of Mansfield with Lord North on the right dancing around a tall thistle which is draped with a Garter ribbon emblazoned with the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" having above it, at the center of a halo of light, the motto "Carduus benedictus." A devil hovers above the scene playing bagpipes. Mansfield holds a copy of the Quebec Bill, with a banner beneath him proclaiming "Nemo me impune lacessit". The banner beneath Bute is labelled "Noli me tangere."
Description:
Title from item. and Probably from the London Magazine v, 44, p. 56 of February 1775, although George gives date as March 1, 1775.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., Canada, and Canada.
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., and Québec (Province).
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, Politics and government, and Freedom of religion
Title etched below image., Printmaker from unverified card catalog., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation: Shakespeare -- Warts., Owner's mark: Lugt., no. 2832., Mounted to 33 x 47 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs for the proprietor by W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street & W. Dickie, opposite Exeter change
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., and India.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Francis, Philip, 1740-1818
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Obesity, Colonies, Weather vanes, and Gambling
