The able doctor; or America swallowing the bitter draught
The able doctor; or America swallowing the bitter draught
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The able doctor; or America swallowing the bitter draught
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Cartoon shows Lord North, with the "Boston Port Bill" extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Native female figure representing "America" whose arms are restrained by Lord Mansfield, while Lord Sandwich, a notorious womanizer, restrains her feet and peeks up her skirt. Britannia, standing behind "America", turns away and shields her face with her left hand.
Illus. from: London magazine, v. 43 (1774 May), p. 184.
Another copy in: The Royal American magazine, ... Boston : Printed by and for I. Thomas, Vol. I, No. X, (1774 June).