A man, possibly George III or Lord North, is seated on a three-legged stool, the legs of which are labelled Lords, Privy Council, and Commons, this last deeply cut by the axe. At the left, a seated Britannia sleeps, the cap of liberty atopt her droopi...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, United States, and America.
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Bribery, Politics and government, History, Colonies, Clothing & dress, Axes, and Stools
"The five commissioners (right) recently nominated to negotiate peace with the colonies, kneel one behind the other at the feet of America, who sits (left) on a pile of barrels and bales looking away from the Commissioners at a cap of liberty which sh...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1, 1778 by M. Darly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain, and America
Subject (Name):
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814., Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799., Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825., Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814., and Johnstone, George, 1730-1787.
Subject (Topic):
History, Causes, Colonies, Economic policy, Clothing & dress, and Liberty cap
A landscape divided by a stream. On the left, a desolate wasteland with a man cutting down the remaining apple tree while several other men attack a cow with knives or drink its blood. The cow bears on its rump a large stamp, alluding to the Stamp Act...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and America.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, Children, Eating & drinking, Dancers, Milking, Cows, and Apple trees
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 Nort...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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 an...
Alternative Title:
Who shall
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain, America., and England
Subject (Topic):
History, Colonies, Fighting, Shields, and Clothing & dress
Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Ru...
Alternative Title:
Lord Advocates amusement
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, and India.
Subject (Name):
Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies
Leaf 11. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
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1
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still image
Abstract:
Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Ru...
Alternative Title:
Lord Advocates amusement
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, and India.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies
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 Ind...
Alternative Title:
Sketch of modern patriotism
Description:
Title from item.
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 ...
Alternative Title:
Political blacksmiths
Description:
Title from item.
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 place...
Description:
Title from item.
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.
