European Diligence,Dutchman,Wheelbarrow,Britannia,Frenchman,Soldiers,1779

Title: The European diligence
Creator(s): Humphrey, William, ca. 1740-ca. 1810.,
Date Created/Published: [S.l.] : Sold by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, [1779]
Summary: Print shows a Dutchman rolling a wheelbarrow over Britannia; along for the ride are France represented by a man leaning over the front of the wheelbarrow with a sword ready to stab Britannia, America represented by a woman with feathered headdress who says to the Frenchman, 'My good & great ally strike home', a figure wearing a cloak and hat, probably representing Spain, and a fourth figure who speaks to the figure in the cloak, 'Now Brother of Portugal join the confaderacy and agrandize our family.' Standing behind the prostrate Britannia is a large, imposing Russian soldier holding rifle with fixed bayonet intent on stopping the forward progress of nations conducting business with America.
Notes:
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5557
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. 750.
Subjects:
Wheelbarrows--1770-1780.
International relations--England--1770-1780.
International relations--Netherlands--1770-1780.
International relations--Russia--1770-1780.
Treaty violations--Netherlands--1770-1780.
Soldiers--Russian--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1770-1780.
Etchings--British--1770-1780.
Bookmark /2004673360/
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