Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe able doctor, or, America swallowing the bitter draught Cartoon shows Lord North, with the "Boston Port Bill" extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Native female figure representing "America" whose arms are restrained by Lord Mansfield, while Lord Sandwich, a notorious womanizer, restrains her feet and peeks up her skirt. Britannia, standing behind "America", turns away and shields her face with her left...
- Date: 1774-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA society of patriotic ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina Print shows satire of American women from Edenton, North Carolina, pledging to boycott English tea in response to Continental Congress resolution in 1774 to boycott English goods.
- Contributor: Dawe, Philip - Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- Date: 1775-01-01