Price: On Hold
SKU: 87295
ARTIST: Charles Corbett
PUBLISHER: Dessine d'apres nature, a Boston par Corbuten en 1778 et Grave a Philadelphi par Va de Bon
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving
DATE: 1778.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 5/8 x 10 1/8" (17 x 26 cm) plus title and margins.
DESCRIPTION: A scarce American Revolutionary satirical print.<br><br> Translated title: Dedicated to the Lords of the British Admiralty by a Member of the American Congress.<br><br> This satire comments on European aid to the colonist as the Revolutionary struggle continued. Explanations of the numbered figures appear below with a brief humorous verse. England, symbolically pictured as half-man, half-vulture, is tied to a tree. a figure representing a native American, trims its claws, a Spaniard holds one wing so that a Frenchman clips it, and a Dutchman plucks feathers, representing trade, from the other wing, while a companion packs them and carries them away. To the far left another Frenchman is holding rolls of tobacco, while a despairing Englishman standing in the doorway is breaking pipes for which he no longer has a use. -Dolmetsch.<br><br> Although the print suggests that it was engraved and printed in America “Dessine d'apres nature, a Boston par Corbuten en 1778 et Grave a Philadelphi par Va de Bon Coeur”, it is far more likely that it was produced in France.<br><br> Little is known of Corbett the artist. It has been assumed that the maker was Charles Corbett, a pseudonym for Richard Purcell, a Dublin artist, and engraver known to have been working in London and engraved revolutionary war-related material.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Overall good condition. Gentle paper fold in the left corner. Minor surface soiling
REFERENCE: BM 5472b; Dolmetsch, Rebellion and Reconciliation, Satirical Prints on the Revolution at Williamsburg. #48
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