Similar
![Tenor [Pseaumes de David and sacred part songs from Claude Le Jeune, Jan Peiterszoon Sweelinck, Paschal de L'Estocart, Orlando di Lasso, Jan Tollius in the 16th and the early17th century]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvdGVub3ItcHNlYXVtZXMtZGUtZGF2aWQtYW5kLXNhY3JlZC1wYXJ0LXNvbmdzLWZyb20tY2xhdWRlLWxlLWpldW5lLWphbi1wZWl0ZXJzem9vbi04NjlhODEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Tenor [Pseaumes de David and sacred part songs from Claude Le Jeune, Jan Peiterszoon Sweelinck, Paschal de L'Estocart, Orlando di Lasso, Jan Tollius in the 16th and the early17th century]")
![Bassus [Pseaumes de David and sacred part songs from Claude Le Jeune, Jan Peiterszoon Sweelinck, Paschal de L'Estocart, Orlando di Lasso, Jan Tollius in the 16th and the early17th century]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTkvYmFzc3VzLXBzZWF1bWVzLWRlLWRhdmlkLWFuZC1zYWNyZWQtcGFydC1zb25ncy1mcm9tLWNsYXVkZS1sZS1qZXVuZS1qYW4tcGVpdGVyc3pvb24tODc2YmY5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "Bassus [Pseaumes de David and sacred part songs from Claude Le Jeune, Jan Peiterszoon Sweelinck, Paschal de L'Estocart, Orlando di Lasso, Jan Tollius in the 16th and the early17th century]")
Related
![[Civil War envelope showing an eagle carrying an American flag in its claw and a serpent in its beak with motto "The early bird catches the worm" below]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctYW4tZWFnbGUtY2FycnlpbmctYW4tYW1lcmljYW4tZmxhZy1pbi1pdHMtY2xhdy1hbmQtODcyZDY1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing an eagle carrying an American flag in its claw and a serpent in its beak with motto \"The early bird catches the worm\" below]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag and cornucopia next to an eagle with a snake in its beak, and with a verse from a song]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY29sdW1iaWEtaG9sZGluZy1hbWVyaWNhbi1mbGFnLWFuZC1jb3JudWNvcGlhLW5leHQtN2RhYjZjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag and cornucopia next to an eagle with a snake in its beak, and with a verse from a song]")
The American rattlesnake presenting Monsieur his ally a dish of frogs, British Cartoon Print
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.
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.
Tags
Date
Source
Copyright info
