View in America,1778,African Man,Cannon Shot,Congressman,Military Offiicer

Title: A view in America in 1778 / MD sc.
Creator(s): Darly, Matthew, fl. 1741-1780, artist
Date Created/Published: [London] : Pubd. by M. Darly, 1778 Augt. 1.
Summary: Print shows an African man lying on the ground, wounded by cannon shot, over him are standing several men, on the left is a congressman clearly suffering from a visual disorder (strabismus or walleye and also, perhaps, blindness to the needs of the military), center is a military officer gesturing with his tricornered hat to the wounded soldier while looking at the congressman. On the right is a well dressed soldier mocking three disgruntled, ragged soldiers. In the background is a fenced area labeled 'US', on a hill above is a fort, presumably British, from which a soldier fires cannons upon the enclosure from which soldiers are apparently retreating toward a palisade.
Notes:
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5482
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. 734.
Subjects:
Freedmen--United States--1770-1780.
Soldiers--American--United States--1770-1780.
Clothing & dress--United States--1770-1780.
Legislators--United States--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment & supplies--American.
Etchings--1770-1780.
Satires (Visual works)--British--1770-1780.
Bookmark /2004672627/
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