REVOLUTIONARY WAR – ANONYMOUS. [ Regarding the State of the English Nation, in the Year 1778 ]. [Netherlands, c.1780.] – Mal Lui Veut Mal Lui Tourne Dit Le Bonne Homme Richard. [France, c.1780.] – [ Regarding the State of the English Nation, in the Year 1778 ]. [France, c.1780.] Three prints of one of the most widely reproduced satirical images of the American Revolution , a depiction of Great Britain as a cow, being “milked” of her natural resources by a Dutchman while America – personified by an Indian – saws off her horns. Cf. British Museum 5472; Fowble 103. Engravings on laid paper, framed: 1] 245 x 342mm; 2] 200 x 275mm; 3] 285 x 230mm (not examined out of frames; 2 with repaired tear and small worm hole to lower margin, just grazing the end of the title; 3 with handcoloring).
REVOLUTIONARY WAR – ANONYMOUS. [ Regarding the State of the English Nation, in the Year 1778 ]. [Netherlands, c.1780.] – Mal Lui Veut Mal Lui Tourne Dit Le Bonne Homme Richard. [France, c.1780.] – [ Regarding the State of the English Nation, in the Year 1778 ]. [France, c.1780.] Three prints of one of the most widely reproduced satirical images of the American Revolution , a depiction of Great Britain as a cow, being “milked” of her natural resources by a Dutchman while America – personified by an Indian – saws off her horns. Cf. British Museum 5472; Fowble 103. Engravings on laid paper, framed: 1] 245 x 342mm; 2] 200 x 275mm; 3] 285 x 230mm (not examined out of frames; 2 with repaired tear and small worm hole to lower margin, just grazing the end of the title; 3 with handcoloring).
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