<i>Title:</i> The  political raree-show: or a picture of parties and politics, during and at the close of the last session of Parliament, June 1779
<p><i>Abstract:</i> Print shows a man directing a boy to view a peepshow of events and actions of the British government, as well as international affairs involving England. The peepshow presents 12 views in three columns; number 2, at the top of the middle column, is titled "The generals in America doing nothing, or worse than nothing." It depicts General William Howe asleep outside his tent while in the background General Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga.
<i>Physical description:</i> 1 print : etching, hand-colored.
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<i>Notes:</i> 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. 748.; For the Westminster Magazine, June 1779.; Title from item.
British Cartoon Prints Collection
1779
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