Title from explanation accompanying print in the John Carter Brown Library., Date from similar print. Cf. No. 5724 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Sheet trimmed., and Names added in ms. identifying figures in print.
Two men in a large room, one seated, the other standing are seen gesturing towards a framed picture representing a naval battle, and showing the diplomatic papers thrown into the water by Henry Laurens. When retrieved by the British, these papers had revealed unauthorized Dutch negotiations with the American Congress, resulting in a British declaration of war on Holland on 20 December 1780
Alternative Title:
True interpretation of an English print
Description:
Titles and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Netherlands., Netherlands, Great Britain., United States., and England