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The able doctor; or America swallowing the bitter draught

Cartoon shows Lord North, with the "Boston Port Bill" extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Native female figure representing "America" whose arms are... More

The able doctor, or American swallowing the bitter draught

The fair Indian damsel America held down by Lord Mansfield while Lord North forces tea down her throat. Boston is cannonaded in the background. Published the day after the Boston Port Bill closed Boston's port ... More

The political cartoon, for the year 1775

Mansfield drives an open coach carrying George III and North toward a cliff. North looks on with approval -- only Chatham and Camden try to stop the coach. Across the waters America burns. Courtesy of Boston Pu... More

The Premier distributing the loaves and fishes to the labourers in His...

Lord North on stilts supported by Mansfield and Bute distributes spoils like tithes and pensions to an unruly mob of supporters. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The thistle reel - Canada, 1775-1783

Bute, Mansfield, and North dance around the vision of a huge thistle while the devil plays the bagpipes in the clouds above. The government's policy toward America is attacked as inspired by Scottish influence,... More

News from America, or the patriots in the dumps

Lord North shows a letter from General Howe, whose victory at Long Island had just recently been announced. A dowdy, bare-breasted woman with a liberty cap falls down weeping and American ships sink in the back... More

The political raree-show: or a picture of parties and politics, during...

A boy looks into a peep show to see twelve pictures of recent events in the British empire. 1) Lord North borrows money from Jews while Spain declares war on England. 2) The English general Burgoyne kneels to A... More

The English lion dismember'd or the voice of the public for an enquiry...

Similar to 1756 cartoon on Minorca. Lord North carries a large sack entitled BUDGET as he drags the British lion on a chain behind him. The lion has lost one of its paws (labeled America) to an American Indian'... More

The royal hunt, or a prospect of the year 1782

Sandwich and North carouse with courtesans while an American Indian, a Frenchman, a Spaniard and a Dutchman are pulling the pillars out from under the British Empire. This print, attributed to Townshend, was co... More

The times : Or a view of the old house in little Britain with nobody g...

The Old House is seemingly in a bad way ; the foundation is Public Credit ; the Funds, represented as a grilled gate, are secured with a huge padlock ; the Royal Crown and Sceptre are placed on a block, and mar... More

The infant Hercules, Thomas Rowlandson

Another caricature was directed against the ex-Coalition Ministers, representing them as twin serpents whose tails ('American War' and 'East India Bill') are entwined ; the heads of Fox and North appear on the ... More

The fall of Dagon : Or rare news for Leadenhall Street

The image of Dagon, which in this case is borrowed to typify the Coalition Ministers, has fallen from the overset Broad Bottom pedestal, and is in the posture described by the quotation ; its double-faced head ... More

The bull roasted: or the political cooks serving their customers

George III turns the spit on which the British bull is roasting. He is observed by Bute while North serves portions to an American Indian, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The bull over-drove: or the drivers in danger

The British bull tramples on the body of Sandwich while simultaneously kicking Lord North and other ministers while threatening an American Indian, a Frenchman, and a Spaniard. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

De wanhoopige Britten, en de vernoegde Americanen, op de tyding van di...

Lord North looks at empty money bags and says, "Ah, had we only dealt more tolerantly with our brothers the Americans, we should not have squandered such countless treasures in a useless war . . ." Courtesy of ... More

The olive rejectd, or the Yankees revenge

Lord North, mounted on an ass and with the "Conciliatary Bill" in his pocket, tries to leap the Atlantic Ocean, but is driven back by Americans brandishing brooms, spoons, and bellows. Most of the legend is in ... More