The able doctor, or American swallowing the bitter draught
Summary
The fair Indian damsel America held down by Lord Mansfield while Lord North forces tea down her throat. Boston is cannonaded in the background. Published the day after the Boston Port Bill closed Boston's port in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party. This indicated just how fast engravings as news could be turned out for an eager public.
Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Tags
americana collection
boston public library
arts department
politics government
feeding
punishment torture
violence
tea
boston port bill 1774
britannia symbolic character
history
revolution 1775 1783
mansfield william murray earl of 1705 1793
north frederick lord 1732 1792
massachusetts
suffolk county
boston
political cartoons engravings
prints
english
ultra high resolution
high resolution
18th century
americana
Date
1600 - 1700
Source
Boston Public Library
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain