The colonies reduced - its companion [etching]

The colonies reduced - its companion [etching]

Political register and London museum

[London : s.n., 1768]

1 print ; 18 x 11 cm. matted 28 x 21 cm.

P&E L2013F167m

(OCoLC)60763103

"Design'd & engrav'd for the Political register."
From The political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, 1768, v. 3, p. 321.
Print shows two illustrations on a single sheet; on top: based on a cartoon originally designed by Benjamin Franklin, depicting Great Britain in the guise of the Roman General Belisarius is dismembered, her torso leaning against a globe with a banner "Date Obolum Belli Sario" and her arms and legs, labeled "Virg-", "Pennsyl-", "New York", and "New Eng-" are scattered on the ground before her, an olive branch has dropped from one hand; on bottom: shows Dutch, French and Spanish figures assaulting Britannia, while Lord Bute lifts her skirt. The Frenchman at left helps America in the guise of an Indian flee.

Cresswell, Donald H., The American Revolution in drawings and prints 632

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