TITLE: The European diligence CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 5557 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-45438 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Print shows a Dutchman rolling a wheelbarrow over Britannia; along for the ride are France represented by a man leaning over the front of the wheelbarrow with a sword ready to stab Britannia, America represented by a woman with feathered headdress who says to the Frenchman, "My good & great ally strike home", a figure wearing a cloak and hat, probably representing Spain, and a fourth figure who speaks to the figure in the cloak, "Now Brother of Portugal join the confaderacy and agrandize our family." Standing behind the prostrate Britannia is a large, imposing Russian soldier holding rifle with fixed bayonet intent on stopping the forward progress of nations conducting business with America. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [S.l.] : Sold by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, [1779] CREATOR: Humphrey, William, ca. 1740-ca. 1810. NOTES: Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5557 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. 750. SUBJECTS: Wheelbarrows--1770-1780. International relations--England--1770-1780. International relations--Netherlands--1770-1780. International relations--Russia--1770-1780. Treaty violations--Netherlands--1770-1780. Soldiers--Russian--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 3a45634 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45634 CONTROL #: 2004673360
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