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TITLE: America triumphant and Britannia in distress
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Unattributed--America triumphant... (A size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-5275 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-45922 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: A crude allegory of American prosperity and victory over England. Below the image an "Explanation" reads: "I America sitting on that quarter of the globe with the Flag of the United States displayed over her head; holding in one hand the Olive branch, inviting the ships of all nations to partake of her commerce; and in the other hand supporting the Cap of Liberty. II Fame proclaiming the joyful news to all the world. III Britannia weeping at the loss of the trade of America, attended with an evil genius. IV The British flag struck, on her strong Fortresses. V French, Spanish, Dutch &c shipping in the harbours of America. VI A view of New York wherein is exhibited the Trator [sic] Arnold, taken with remorse for selling his [country?] and Judas like hanging himself." America is represented by a Minerva figure, seated beneath a dead tree, with a shield bearing a snake. The shield is ringed with another snake, the Uroborus. The American flag has thirteen stars.
MEDIUM: 1 print on laid paper : etching ; sheet (trimmed irregularly) 18 x 20.5 cm.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [Boston : s.n., 1782]
NOTES:
Title from item.
Another impression appears as the frontispiece in "Weatherwise's Town and Country Almanack," Boston, 1782.
Cresswell, no. 839
Fielding, no. 1776
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1782-1.
Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide ... Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 184.
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. 839.
FORMAT:
Allegorical prints 1790-1800.
Etchings 1780-1790.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g05275 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05275
(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a46101 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a46101
CONTROL #: 2003690789
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