The State Blacksmiths Forging fetters for the Americans.

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• PUBLISHER: London: Printed for the Author and Sold by J. Millan, 1775

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving.

  DATE: 1775.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 1/2 x 3 7/8" (16.5 x 10 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: This political satire appeared in John Clark’s An Impartial and Authentic Narrative of the Battle Fought on the 17th of June, 1775. It depicts several high-ranking British government officials working in a blacksmith shop to make shackles, or "fetters," for the American colonists. The men depicted are William Murray, first baron of Mansfield (the chief justice of the Court of King's Bench), Frederick North, Lord North, John Montagu, fourth earl of Sandwich, and John Stuart, third earl of Bute. King George III is shown watching approvingly from the window. Lord North is shown holding in his right hand "An act for Prohibiting all Trade" that Parliament passed on December 22, 1775. The Prohibitory Act stipulated that all trade with America was prohibited and that any American ships, cargoes, and seamen could be captured if they came into contact with the Royal Navy and declared as prizes or prisoners of war.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Framed in a brown and gold lipped molding. Overall framed size 14 x 11 inches.

• CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Hairline margins, 20th century hand coloring.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Caricatures and Satirical