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[Hibernia in distress], British Cartoon Print

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[Hibernia in distress], British Cartoon Print

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Print shows Hibernia, a woman representing Ireland, lying on the floor holding a broken harp, Lord Townshend is holding her down with his left foot; on the left, Lord North reaches into a money bag labeled with a harp, while Jeremiah Dyson, standing at center in the background and caricatured as a negro wearing a striped suit, says to him, "Don't forget poor Mungo my good Ld N--h."
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Illus. from: London magazine, xli, 3 (1772).
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 4942
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1772
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