A Picturesque View of the state of nation for February 1778

Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: A Picturesque View of the state of nation for February 1778

Barcode: 54231

Publisher: Westminster Magazine

Date/Date Range: Feb 1778

Language: English

Dimensions: 10 x 17 cm on sheet 13 x 21 cm

Notes: 10 x 17 cm on sheet 13 x 21 cm Handwritten in pencil on verso: "The Howe brothers inactivity in Philadelphia inspires this widely circulated satire. The Admiral's flagship 'Eagle' (background) is abandoned as he and the General drowse over a punch bowl. The cow of British commerce is milked dry by France, Spain, and Holland while America removes it's horns. A distraught Englishman at right cannot rouse the British Lion."

Accession Number: OML-1778-29

Subjects: United States History Revolution, 1775-1783

Permenant URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/54321.0001