The tea-tax-tempest, or the Anglo-American revolution
1 print : etching and engraving. | Print shows a satire expressing a Continental European view of the American Revolution, showing Father Time using a magic lantern to project the image of a teapot exploding among frightened British troops as American troops advance through the smoke. Figures representing world opinion look on: an Indian for America, a black woman representing Africa, a woman holding…
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Guttenberg, Carl
Date:1778-01-01
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America in flames
1 print : woodcut. | Print shows a woman representing "America" seated in flames fanned from above by two men in clouds wielding British measures, "Quebec Bill" and "Masachusets (sic) Bay", against the colonies; four British men, representing the British Opposition, make a feeble attempt to extinguish flames. A teapot is overturned on steps in front of "America" spilling it's contents.
Date:1774-01-01
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The American rattle snake
1 print : etching ; plate 25.4 x 33.2 cm, on sheet 26.3 x 36.1 cm. | Cartoon shows "American" snake, the emblem used by Americans as a device on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes, with two of three coils around units of British soldiers, commanded by Burgoyne and Cornwallis at time of their surrender. Gillray is lampooning the…
An attempt to land a bishop in America
1 print : etching and engraving ; 17.7 x 11.1 cm (sheet) | Print shows a bishop climbing aboard a ship labeled "Hillsborough" having been chased there by angry American colonists who use long poles to push the ship away from the quay.
Date:1768-01-01
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The triumph of America
1 print : etching. | Print shows William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, driving a triumphal carriage in which rides a Native American representing America. The carriage is drawn by a team of six horses, "Royal Oak, Crafty, Weathercock, Surly, Prudence, [and] Prerogative", representing the members of Pitt's new ministry, the Duke of Grafton, Charles Townshend, the Earl of Shelburne, H.S. Conway, Robert…
A view in America in 1778
1 print : etching ; (plate) 24.8 x 35.3 cm, (sheet) 28 x 38.5 cm. | Print shows an African man lying on the ground, wounded by cannon shot, over him are standing several men, on the left is a congressman clearly suffering from a visual disorder (strabismus or walleye and also, perhaps, blindness to the needs of the military), center is a military…
Contributor:
Darly, Matthew - Darly, Matthew, Active
Date:1778-01-01
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Commodore Hopkins, commander in chief of the American Fleet
1 print : mezzotint. | Print shows Esek Hopkins, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform, standing, facing front, with sword drawn during naval engagement; ships in background display "Dont tread upon me" and "Liberty Tree - An appeal to God" flags.
Date:1776-01-01
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Horatio Gates Esqr., major general of the American forces
1 print : mezzotint. | Print shows Horatio Gates, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, standing at table in tent, with tents and a flag with horizontal stripes in the background.
Date:1778-01-01
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The tea-tax-tempest, or Old Time with his magick-lanthern
1 print : etching. | Cartoon shows America, seated on the left, and a sombre Britannia treated to a glass lantern presentation on the American Revolution. Father Time, leaning against a globe, provides a commentary on the momentous events projected by the lantern: an exploding teapot, the Boston Tea Party, over a fire that is fueled by paper taxed by the Stamp Act and…
Date:1783-01-01
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Charles Lee, Esq'r. - major general of the Continental Army in America
1 print : mezzotint ; 35.5 x 25 cm. (plate) | Print shows Charles Lee, three-quarter length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing slightly left, gesturing with right hand, cannon firing in the background next to flag "An Appeal to Heaven."
Date:1775-01-01
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Poor old England endeavoring to reclaim his wicked American children
1 print : etching ; plate 24.6 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 38.3 cm. | Print shows England as an old man with wooden leg and crutch tugging on strings hooked onto the noses of five American men across a divide labeled "The Atlantic Ocean"; the men resist, shoot pellets at, and taunt old England. Includes a quote attributed to Shakespeare, "And…
Contributor:
Darly, Matthew - Darly, Matthew, Active
Date:1777-01-01
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News from America, or the Patriots in the dumps
1 print : etching with engraving. | Cartoon shows Lord North standing on a platform holding letter announcing successful campaign by British troops in America. A distraught woman "America" holding a liberty cap, sits at the base of the platform; others present react to the news.
Date:1776-01-01
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The American rattlesnake presenting Monsieur his ally a dish of frogs
Print shows a rattlesnake, representing America, presenting a basket of frogs to a Frenchman. Includes a short verse advising Britons to drive a wedge between the Americans and the French during the peace negotiation process.
Date:1782-01-01
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[Britannia toe] Amer[eye]ca
1 print : etching ; 37.1 x 27.3 cm. (sheet) | Print shows a letter in the form of a rebus portraying Britannia as a mother urging her daughter America to jilt the Frenchman she is planning to marry and stop rebelling. This political satire refers to the American alliance with France and concerns Great Britain's last attempt to end the American Revolution through…
Bunkers Hill or America's head dress
1 print : etching. | Print shows a half-length portrait of a woman, right profile, with exaggerated coiffure supporting three redoubts with infantry and artillery firing at close range, tents, an artillery train, and a sea battle involving two or three ships; large flags flying over the redoubts are decorated with a monkey, two women, and a goose.
Contributor:
Darly, Matthew - Darly, Matthew, Active
Date:1776-01-01
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The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America
1 print : etching ; 26.2 x 36.4 cm (sheet) | Cartoon shows a Native, representing America, with a flag and liberty cap, rushing to the arms of Britannia, who holds a shield inscribed "George for Ever." A Spaniard and a Frenchman combine efforts to pull America away from England's embrace. Holland watches from a vantage point atop a barrel of herring, while Charles…
Contributor:
Colley, Thomas - Colley, Thomas, Active
The habeas corpus, or The wild geese flying away with Fox to America
1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows seven geese, wrapped with a ribbon tied to the hind legs of a fox, representing Charles James Fox, are flying to America; in the background, three ships are under sail.
The curious zebra - alive from America! walk in gem'men and ladies, walk in
1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows a group of men, including George Washington who is standing to the right holding the tail of the zebra, and Lord North, standing on the left gripping the reins, trying to guide the zebra on whose stripes are the names of the thirteen colonies.
Date:1778-01-01
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The great financier, or British economy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765
1 print : etching. | Print shows George Grenville holding a balance with scales "Debts" and "Savings", the debt far outweighs savings; among those in line to contribute their savings is a Native American woman representing America, she wears a yoke labeled "Taxed without representation". A melancholy Britannia sits on the far right.
Date:1765-01-01
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The savages let loose, or The cruel fate of the Loyalists
1 print : etching ; 28 x 38.8 cm (sheet) | Cartoon shows three Natives, representing America, murdering six loyalists, four are being hung, one is about to be scalped, and the last, appealing to Fate, is about to be killed by an ax-wielding Native.
Contributor:
Humphrey, William, Approximately 1740-Approximately 1810 - Humphrey, William