Review of the York Regiment / P. Canon delt. ; T. Parson sct., British Cartoon Print

Print shows William Markham, Archbishop of York speaking to Britannia while gesturing toward British troops wearing clerical bands and low-brimmed hats, he says, "Madam a noble Corps, True and Staunch Friends to the Cause, have learned their Exercises at the Loyal Schools at Oxford" to which Britannia responds, "This Gate is not ye Door to your Master's Sheepfold, he that entereth not by ye Door is a thief & robber. I will not trust you, you would ruin my Constitution & tear my Cap."

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5492

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. 740.

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