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A political concert; the vocal parts by 1. Miss America, 2. Franklin, 3. F--x, 4. Kepp--ll, 5. Mrs. Britania, 6. Shelb--n, 7. Dun--i--g, 8. Benidick Rattle Snake / Colley ingrad., British Cartoon Print

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A political concert; the vocal parts by 1. Miss America, 2. Franklin, 3. F--x, 4. Kepp--ll, 5. Mrs. Britania, 6. Shelb--n, 7. Dun--i--g, 8. Benidick Rattle Snake / Colley ingrad., British Cartoon Print

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Print shows a Native woman representing America and Britannia standing in the center holding a pole topped with a liberty cap, they are joined by Benjamin Franklin, Charles James Fox, Augustus Keppel, Lord Shelburne, John Dunning, and a rattlesnake as Benedict Arnold standing beneath a picture of a gallows representing Major André.

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6173
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. 848.
Exhibited: Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2005.

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01/01/1783
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Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, artist
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