Bostonians in Distress,held captive,Liberty Tree,British Sailors,1774,Jailed

Title: The Bostonians in distress
Creator(s): Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher
Date Created/Published: London : Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1774 Novr. 19.
Summary: Print shows Bostonians held captive in a cage suspended from the 'Liberty Tree.' Three British sailors standing in a boat feed them fish from a basket labeled 'To -- from the Committee of --' in return for a bundle of papers labeled 'Promises'; around the tree and in the background are cannons and British troops. The paper in the hand of one jailed Bostonian says 'They tried with the Lord in their Troubl & he saved them out of their Distress. CVIL 13.' Philip Dawe. British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5241
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 673.
Subjects:
Prisoners--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780.
Cages--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780.
Politics & government--Massachusetts--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1770-1780.
Mezzotints--British--1770-1780
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