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The present state of Great Britain / J. Phillips fecit., British Cartoon Print

The present state of Great Britain / J. Phillips fecit., British Cartoon Print

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Print shows a man representing Great Britain, half-asleep, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap which a Native, representing America, is attempting to remove; a Dutchman on his knees before Great Britain is attempting to pick Great Britain's purse; a Scotsman with his left arm over the shoulders of Great Britain and holding the staff with his left hand, fends off a Frenchman approaching from the left.

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5579
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. 755.

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01/01/1779
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