Item Summary

Cartoon shows a man with feathered cap (representing America) cutting the horns off a cow (representing British commerce) which is being milked by a Dutchman, two men (representing France and Spain) are standing behind the cow holding bowls. The British lion lies in the foreground as a small dog urinates on its back. A weeping Englishman stands by the lion. In the background, across an expanse of water, is an unnamed city and a ship, the "Aigle" laid-up in dry dock. Nearby two men sit at a table, a keg and wine bottles on the ground. A numbered legend in French below image begins: "1. La Vache a lait, représente le Commerce de la Grande-Bretagne"

Descriptive Information

Title
[Picturesque view of the state of the nation]
Call Number
E-North 38/GC024/18th-Century American Caricatures/Normal/18th c./Caricatures GA 2024.02994
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc2v23w657h
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1778]
Language
French
Date Created
1778-1780
Extent
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm
Provenance
Princeton copy 1 On verso, accession stamp "Princeton University Library Presented by Dickson Q. Brown '95"
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title from similar illustration for Westminster Magazine, v. 6 (1778 Mar. 1), p. 66.
Princeton copy 1 Numerals inscribed in graphite, to identify figures: 2, 3, 5, 7

Discovery Information

Subject
United States—History—Revolution, 1775-1783—Foreign public opinion—Caricatures and cartoons
United States—Commerce—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain—Colonies—Commerce
Great Britain—Colonies—America
National characteristics, French
National characteristics, Spanish
National characteristics, Dutch

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2fd04614-1e53-4404-aed8-1fdf50b7d72f/manifest