Print: The Able Doctor, Or, America Swallowing The Bitter Draught, 1774
Print: The Able Doctor, Or, America Swallowing The Bitter Draught, 1774
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  • Title: The Able Doctor, Or, America Swallowing The Bitter Draught, 1774
  • Description: 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.
  • Subjects: Boston Port Bill, 1774, Britannia (Symbolic character)--1770-1780, Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray,--Earl of,--1705-1793, North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792, Sandwich, John Montagu,--Earl of,--1718-1792, Tea--1770-1780, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, Violence--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780, Women--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780
  • 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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