First cartoon of English losses in the battle with America in 1778. The English trade is depicted by a dairy cow whose horns are cut off by the American Congress and who is milked by a Dutchman. A Frenchman and a Spaniard also want milk. In the background the English ship the Eagle (17 September 1778), captured and disembarked by the Americans, is stranded near Philadelphia. In the foreground, a dog (a Steendogge) is pissing on the sleeping British lion, a hand wringing Englishman in mourning robe. Accompanying the print is a text sheet with an explanation of the scene, Cartoon of English losses in the battle with America (1), 1778., print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1778, paper, etching, engraving, h 215 mm × w 282 mm
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