News from America, or the patriots in the dumps

News from America, or the patriots in the dumps

Item Information

Title:
News from America, or the patriots in the dumps
Description:
Lord North shows a letter from General Howe, whose victory at Long Island had just recently been announced. A dowdy, bare-breasted woman with a liberty cap falls down weeping and American ships sink in the background.
Date:
November 1776
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Political cartoons
Engravings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
American related cartoons, BM 5284 - BM 5476 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Americana Collection
Subjects:
Opposition (Political science)
Announcing
Gloating
Liberty cap
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Places:
England
Extent:
1 print : engraving, with some stipple engraving ; 71/4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880w784n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[London]
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Published in: London Magazine, Nov. 1776
References: British Museum number 5340. American Revolution in Drawings and Prints number 703.
Accession #:
11_03_000011