<b>File name: </b>11_03_000043
<p><b>Box label: </b>American related cartoons, 5859 - 6815
</p><p><b>Title: </b>York town
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</p><p><b>Date issued: </b>1781 (inferred)
</p><p><b>Physical description: </b>1 print : engraving ; 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.
</p><p><b>Summary: </b>An emaciated cow representing British commerce grazed on Scottish thistles. Men representing France, Spain, and Holland have just milked the cow. The British lion howls because he has hurt his foot on a broken tea pot. In the background is a symbolic surrender at Yorktown with four Englishmen humbly approaching an American Indian on a throne surrounded by Justice, Mars, and Hercules. Out at sea, Howe's flagship, "Eagle," has sunk.
</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Political cartoons, Engravings 
</p><p><b>Subjects: </b>; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Surrenders; Commerce; Politics &amp; government
</p><p><b>Notes: </b>References: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, no. 5859 (BM 5859); References: American Revolution in Drawings and Prints, no. 802 (ARDP 802); Title from item.
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</p><p><b>Collection: </b>Americana Collection
</p><p><b>Location: </b>Boston Public Library, Print Department
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<b>Rights: </b>No known restrictions
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