British Lion Harnessed,Spain,France,America,Holland,Tug of War,England,1783

Title: The [ass]-headed and [cow-heart]-ed ministry making the British [lion] give up the pull
Date Created/Published: [London] : Pubd. by J. Barrow, White Lion Bull Stairs side Black Friars Bridge, 1783 May 8.
Summary: Print shows the British lion harnessed on one side of 'the pit of ruin' and a spanial (for Spain), a cock (for France), a rattlesnake (for America), and a pug dog (for Holland) harnessed on the other side, pulling against each other; a double-headed eagle (for Russia) is standing on solid ground between them, refusing to favor either side. Four 'ass-headed' ministers council the lion and tug on a rope with which it is muzzled, attempting to turn it away from its ministrations.
Notes:
Title from item.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6229
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. 858.
Subjects:
Tug of war--1780-1790.
Opposition (Political science)--England--1780-1790.
International relations--1780-1790.
Symbols--1780-1790.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1780-1790.
Etchings--British--1780-1790.
Rebuses--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2004676765/
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