The female combatants, or, Who shall [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London?]
[publisher not identified]
published according to act Jany. 26 1776

Physical Description:

1 print : etching and engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 22 x 17 cm

Notes:

Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Price 6d."
Alfred Bowditch collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966.12.3.215.

Abstract:

An elegantly dressed and coiffed woman, representing Britain, exchanges blows with the tatooed female America, naked but for a skirt of feathers and a feathered headdress. The first says "I'll force you to obedience you rebellious slut," as America answers "Liberty, liberty for ever Mother while I exist." In the left foreground a shield bearing a compass rose leans agains a tree which is shedding its leaves. A corresponding tree on the right has full foliage with a cap of liberty at its top, while the shield before it displays a pointing hand on which stands a rooster. Ribbons below the British and American shields are titled, respectively, "For obedience" and "For liberty".

Variant Titles:

Who shall

Topics:

Clothing & dress -- England -- 1770-1780
Fighting
Shields

Topics:

Great Britain -- Colonies -- America
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings -- England -- 1776
Etchings -- England -- 1776

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

776.01.26.01

Orbis Record:

6467587

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr04040

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10723005

PID:

digcoll:292042