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[emblematical Print Adapted To The Times]

[emblematical Print Adapted To The Times]

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

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TITLE:  [Emblematical print adapted to the times] CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 5486 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-45434 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows Britannia conferring with Neptune over the upstart America; they sit on the shore, presumably of England, and point to a man seated on the opposite shore holding a striped flag with 26 (13 white and 13 dark) stripes, and the Gallic cock perched on his right shoulder. In the background, Fame, carrying a British flag, flies above the British fleet engaged in battle with the French fleet, recently allied with the American colonies. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : s.n., 1778 August. NOTES: Title from BM CPPS. Illus. from: The London magazine, August 1778. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5486 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. 736. SUBJECTS: Britannia (Symbolic character)--1770-1780. Neptune (Roman deity)--1770-1780. Ushant, Battle of, 1778. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations--British. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations--French. FORMAT: Periodical illustrations 1770-1780.Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Etchings British 1770-1780. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a45630 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45630 CONTROL #:  2004672604