Box label: American related cartoons, 5548 - 5731

Title: Omne animal post Coitum triste praeter Gallum. Leur imprudence présomption orgueil et tyrannie sont humiliés

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Date issued: 1779 (approximate)

Physical description: 1 print : engraving and etching ; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

Summary: Dorothy George, 5581, mentions two French satires. One is entitled "O qu'el d'estain," and shows a tiger (England) being attacked by a cock (France), a lion (Spain), and a snake (America). The title is a pun on the French Admiral D'Estaing, who had just taken Granada. The position of the animals is suggestive, and George mentions a second state entitled "Le destin molestant les Anglois." This may be an English version of the same, especially reflecting D'Estaing's subsequent failure to take Savannah and his replacement by DeGrasse.

Genre: Political cartoon; Engravings; Etching

Subjects: ; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Politics & government; International relations; Animals; National emblems

Notes: References: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, no. cf. 5581 (BM cf. 5581); References: American Revolution in Drawings and Prints, no. 758 (ARDP 758); Title from item.

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Collection: Americana Collection

Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department