The Present State of Great Britain, 1779, Etching, sheet: 11 7/16 x 16 3/4 in. (29 x 42.5 cm), Prints, James Phillips (British, active 1779–1809), Issued in London at the height of the American Revolution, this print summarizes the situation in 1779 from Britain’s point of view. As in traditional allegories, the figures represent specific nations, but their dramatic interaction anticipates the new kind of satire soon to come from Rowlandson and Gillray
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Present State, Great Britain, 1779, Etching, sheet, 11 7/16 x 16 3/4, 29 42.5 cm, Prints, James Phillips, British, active, 1779–1809, Issued, London, height, American Revolution, print summarizes, situation, Britain, point, view, traditional allegories, figures represent specific, nations, dramatic interaction, anticipates, new kind, satire soon, come, Rowlandson, Gillray
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