Print: Britannia Toe Amereyeca, 1778
Print: Britannia Toe Amereyeca, 1778
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  • Title: Britannia Toe Amereyeca, 1778
  • Description: Print shows a letter in the form of a rebus portraying Britannia as a mother urging her daughter America to jilt the Frenchman she is planning to marry and stop rebelling. This political satire refers to the American alliance with France and concerns Great Britain's last attempt to end the American Revolution through diplomatic means by sending a delegation known as the Carlisle Peace Commissioners to Philadelphia.
  • Creator: Darly, M. (Mary), publisher
  • Subjects: Britannia (Symbolic character)--1770-1780, Correspondence--1770-1780, Peace negotiations--1770-1780, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
  • Collection: Cartoon Prints, British. The cartoon prints (approximately 8,500 distinct images) in the British Cartoon Prints Collection were published primarily between 1780 to 1830, an era dominated by the prodigious talents and prolific efforts of such famous caricaturists as James Gillray and George Cruikshank. The cartoons highlight aspects of British political life, including tensions with its colonies and other nations, as well as society, fashion, manners, and theater.
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