Mal lui veut mal lui tourne dit le Bon Homme Richard : sujet mémorable des révolutions de l'univers [engraving]

Mal lui veut mal lui tourne dit le Bon Homme Richard : sujet mémorable des révolutions de l'univers [engraving]

[S.l. s.n., ca. 1780]

1 print : engraving ; 21 x 27 cm. ; on sheet 23 x 29 cm. ; matted 31 x 38 cm

P&E L2008F12

(OCoLC)61148867

Shows a man with feathered cap labeled "Ameriquain" (representing America) cutting the horns off a cow labeled "Commerce d'Angleterre" (representing British commerce) which is being milked by a Dutchman labeled "Hollandois." Two men labeled "Francois" and "Espagnol" (representing France and Spain) are standing toward the rear of the cow holding bowls of milk. In the foreground, on the left, lies the British lion asleep. A small dog is standing on the lion's back urinating. A distraught Englishman labeled "Anglois" (le bon homme Richard - presumably Dr. Richard Price[?]) is standing to the right of the lion. In the background, across an expanse of water, is a city labeled "Philadelphia." To the right of the city is a ship, the "Aigle" (i.e., Eagle) laid-up in dry dock. Admiral Howe is sitting at a table, out of sight of his flag ship, with his brother General Howe. A keg is on the ground to the right and wine bottles on the ground to the left of the table suggesting both Howe brothers are drunk.
Allegorical print illustrating the restrictions placed upon British commerce by the revolutionary war

Cresswell, D.H., The American Revolution in drawings and prints, 782

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