The ballance [sic] of power [etching]
1781
P&E L2017F98m
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Title
The ballance [sic] of power [etching]
Published
London : Published as ye act directs ... by R. Wilkinson ..., 1781.
Description
1 print : hand colored ; 25 x 35 cm.
Call Number
P&E L2017F98m
System Control No.
(OCoLC)57458540
Note
Signed: "RS."
"... Jany. 17 1781 ..."
British cartoon shows that Britannia, brandishing "the sword of justice," stands on one side of a large scale, outweighing a Frenchman, a Spaniard, America, & a Dutchman. America is represented by by a Indian woman wearing a feathered headdress who says "my Ingratitude is justly punished." But the American and French allied forces would defeat the British at Yorktown within the year.
Includes ten lines of verse.
"... Jany. 17 1781 ..."
British cartoon shows that Britannia, brandishing "the sword of justice," stands on one side of a large scale, outweighing a Frenchman, a Spaniard, America, & a Dutchman. America is represented by by a Indian woman wearing a feathered headdress who says "my Ingratitude is justly punished." But the American and French allied forces would defeat the British at Yorktown within the year.
Includes ten lines of verse.
Indexed In
Cresswell, Donald H., The American Revolution in drawings and prints 786
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