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Image Title: The Curious Zebra - Alive From America! Walk In Gem'men And Ladies, Walk In, 1778

Date: 1778 Sept. 3.

Summary: Cartoon shows a group of men, including George Washington who is standing to the right holding the tail of the zebra, and Lord North, standing on the left gripping the reins, trying to guide the zebra on whose stripes are the names of the thirteen colonies.

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. 737.

Subjects: North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Washington, George,--1732-1799
Zebras--1770-1780

Original Media: Etching

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

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