Poor Old England,Reclaim wicked American Children,1777,Atlantic Ocean,Staff

Title: Poor old England endeavoring to reclaim his wicked American children
Creator(s): Darly, Matthew, fl. 1741-1780, publisher
Date Created/Published: [London] : Pub. by M. Darly 39 Strand, 1777 Apr.
Summary: Print shows England as an old man with wooden leg and crutch tugging on strings hooked onto the noses of five American men across a divide labeled 'The Atlantic Ocean'; the men resist, shoot pellets at, and taunt old England. Includes a quote attributed to Shakespeare, 'And therefore is England maimed & forc'd to go with a staff'.
Notes:
Title from item.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5397
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. 709.
Subjects:
Politics & government--England--1770-1780.
Interpersonal relations--1770-1780.
Fathers & children--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1770-1780.
Etchings--British--1770-1780.
Bookmark /2004673329/
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