TITLE: The American rattlesnake presenting Monsieur his ally a dish of frogs CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 6039 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-1536 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Print shows a rattlesnake, representing America, presenting a basket of frogs to a Frenchman. Includes a short verse advising Britons to drive a wedge between the Americans and the French during the peace negotiation process. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Pubd by J. Barrow, N. 84 Dorset Street, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, 1782 Novr. 8. NOTES: Title from item. No. 10 in a series published by J. Barrow. Printed lower right: N.B. The rattlesnake is a character chosen by America. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6039 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. 826. SUBJECTS: Rattlesnakes--1780-1790. Intervention (International law)--1780-1790. Peace treaties--Great Britain--1780-1790. Peace treaties--United States--1780-1790. Peace treaties--France--1780-1790. Frogs--1780-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Etchings British 1780-1790. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a05327 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05327 CONTROL #: 2004673484
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