The Reconciliation Between Britania And Her Daughter America / Pub. By T. Colley. image

Embed this Art into your website:

1. Select a size,

2. Copy the HTML from the code box,

3. Paste the HTML into your website.

Derivatives & Responses

The Reconciliation Between Britania And Her Daughter America / Pub. By T. Colley.

The Reconciliation Between Britania And Her Daughter America / Pub. By T. Colley.

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

Rating:

Click Stars To Rate

Tags

• america
• between
• daughter
• pub
• reconciliation

Description

TITLE:  The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America / Pub. by T. Colley. CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 5989 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC4-5278 (color film copy transparency)LC-USZ62-1532 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Cartoon shows a Native, representing America, with a flag and liberty cap, rushing to the arms of Britannia, who holds a shield inscribed "George for Ever." A Spaniard and a Frenchman combine efforts to pull America away from England's embrace. Holland watches from a vantage point atop a barrel of herring, while Charles James Fox, recently appointed secretary of state for foreign affairs, points out the actions of England's enemies to the lord of the admiralty, Keppel, standing to the right. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Pub. by W. Richardson, 1782 May 11. CREATOR: Colley, Thomas, fl. 1780-1783, artist. NOTES: Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5989 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. 820. SUBJECTS: Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806. Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786. Britannia (Symbolic character)--1780-1790. Mothers & children--1780-1790. Hugging--1780-1790. International relations--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 color film copy transparency) cph 3g05278 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05278 (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a05323 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05323 CONTROL #:  97515382