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Loon na werk 1780, British Cartoon Print

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Print shows a large dog (representing England) muzzled and chained being attacked by several men (representing the countries of the armed neutrality league and the allies, a Swede, a Dane, a Frenchman with an umbrella, a Spaniard with a cane, a Dutchman holds the dog by the tail, an American (at far right with a single feather in his hat) and one woman (Catherine the Great of Russia holding a caduceus and a sword); in the background, a woman, labeled "Queen of the Sea," stripped to the waist, wearing a crown, and hanging by her wrists from a gallows is being whipped by "J: poül Jones." Includes legend to numbered figures.

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5715

Purchase; (DLC/PP-1971:192)

Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 778.

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international relations assault and battery history revolution cartoons commentary dutch mezzotints flemish loon werk political cartoons vintage images 1780 russian empire russia prints cartoon prints british book illustrations caduceus library of congress
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1600 - 1700
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international relations assault and battery history revolution cartoons commentary dutch mezzotints flemish loon werk political cartoons vintage images 1780 russian empire russia prints cartoon prints british book illustrations caduceus library of congress