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The Whitehall pump. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

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The Whitehall pump. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

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Print shows Lord North pumping water from a water fountain topped with the head of George III onto the prostrate bodies of Britannia and a Native figure representing America. Several ministers and judges look on approvingly, while two raise their arms in protest.

Illus. from: The Westminster magazine, 1774 (May), opp. p. 168.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5227
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. 665.

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01/01/1774
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