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Poor Old England Endeavoring To Reclaim His Wicked American Children

Poor Old England Endeavoring To Reclaim His Wicked American Children

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TITLE:  Poor old England endeavoring to reclaim his wicked American children CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 5397 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-34862 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows England as an old man with wooden leg and crutch tugging on strings hooked onto the noses of five American men across a divide labeled "The Atlantic Ocean"; the men resist, shoot pellets at, and taunt old England. Includes a quote attributed to Shakespeare, "And therefore is England maimed & forc'd to go with a staff". MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Pub. by M. Darly 39 Strand, 1777 Apr. CREATOR: Darly, Matthew, fl. 1741-1780, publisher. NOTES: Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5397 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. 709. SUBJECTS: Politics & government--England--1770-1780. Interpersonal relations--1770-1780. Fathers & children--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Etchings British 1770-1780. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a35347 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a35347 CONTROL #:  2004673329