Title in letterpress above image., A broadside with the title in letterpress above an engraving of a ship with a large blank space below., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Annotated with nominations for offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and senators for Massachusetts., and Blank space below image with mss. list of candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Senators for the 1811 election in Massachusetts.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts., United States, Great Britain., Great Britain, United States., and Massachusetts
Subject (Topic):
Nominations for office, Embargo, 1807-1809, Commerce, Politics and government, and Sailing ships
"A cow representing the commerce of Great Britain stands passively on the sea-shore while an American with a feathered cap saws off her horns; one horn lies on the ground. A Dutchman milks the cow ... France, a foppishly-dressed Frenchman, and Spain, a don in slashed doublet and cloak, hold bowls of milk. In the foreground lies the British lion asleep, unconscious of a pug-dog which stands on his back befouling him. Behind the lion stands a plainly-dressed Englishman clasping his hands in despair. In the background across the sea is a town inscribed Philadelphia; in front of it on the shore, two men on a minute scale (General and Admiral Howe) are seated at a table. Both are asleep, a punch-bowl is on the table... Beside them, laid up on dry land is a man-of-war inscribed Eagle (Howe's flag-ship.)" -- George
Description:
Title and date from British Museum catalogue no. 5472. and Print similar to illustration for Westminster Magazine, vi. 66, of February 1778, described as no. 5472, in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain., Great Britain, and America.
Subject (Name):
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799. and Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, Commerce, Colonies, National characteristics, French, National characteristics, Spanish, National characteristics, Dutch, Milking, Cows, Lions, and Sleeping