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Image Title: State Cooks, Or The Downfall Of The Fish Kettle, 1781

Date: 1781 Decr. 10.

Summary: Print shows George III and Lord North standing in a kitchen, both wear aprons, George III has his back to the fireplace, between them, on the floor, is an overturned kettle of fish, each labeled with the name of a colony. George III says, "O Boreas, the loss of these fish will ruin us forever", North replies, "My honored liege never fret. Minden & I will cook 'em yet", on the wall behind North is a map labeled "Plan of North America".

Notes: Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the / 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. 794.

Subjects: Cooks--1780-1790
Fish--1780-1790
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792
Politics & government--England--1780-1790
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

Original Media: Etching

Collections: Cartoon Prints, British » more info...

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