Explication de ce tableau touchant l'etat de la Nation d'Angleterre.
Date1780
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching
DimensionsTrimmed to plate: 8 1/2" X 13 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-89
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "Explication de ce tableau touchant l'etat de la Nation d'Angleterre. I Erklärung dieses Kupser, in denen jezigen ummstände der Engl. Nation."Label TextA cow representing the commerce of great Britain stands passively on the sea-shore while an American with a feathered cap saws off her horns; one horn i already off and lying on the ground. A Dutchman milks the cow, looking over his shoulder with a grin. France, a foppishly-dressed Frenchman, and Spain, a don in slashed doublet and cloak, hold bowls of milk. In the foreground lies the Br tish lion asleep, unconscious of pug-dog which stands on his back, befouling him . Behind the lion stands a plainly-dressed Englishman clasping his hands in de pair.ProvenanceBefore 1960, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1960-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy (1746-1804)
after 1779
Pierre Mortier (1661-1711)
1700