A new humorous song on the Cherokee chiefs [graphic] : inscribed to the ladies of Great Britain, to the tune of, Caesar and Pompey were both of the horned / by H. Howard.
- Published/Created:
- [London]
Sold by the author, opposite the Union Coffee-House, in the Strand, near Temple-Bar, and by all the print and pamphlet seller[s]
[July 1762] - Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 1 etching ; sheet 39 x 23 cm.
- Notes:
- Caption title.
Publication date from Stephens.
Temporary local subject terms: American Indians -- Treaties: Cherokee Indians' treaty, Feb. 27, 1762.
Alfred Bowditch Collection; Dec. 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-2-210.
Truman Sale 1906.
Bowditch's annotations on mounting sheet.
Annotated in an unknown hand below verse.
Mounted to 56 x 37 cm ; some damage to edges and lower corners. - Abstract:
- A broadside with seven verses in letterpress below an engraving, representing three Red Indian Chiefs in their national costumes -- "The Stalking Turkey", "The Pouting Pidgeon", "The Man killer". This satire written on the occasion of the arrival in London of three chiefs of the Cherokee Nation, on an embassy to the Court of George III, and the impression these envoys produced on the English.
- Topics:
- Songs -- 1760-1770
- Topics:
- Howard, H.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Annotations (Provenance)
Broadsides -- England -- 1762
Engravings -- England -- London -- 1762
Satires (Visual works) -- England - 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:
- 762.07.00.01+
- Orbis Record:
- 9036979
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr02169
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Digital version
- OID:
- 10713065
- PID:
- digcoll:549349
