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Cartoon-The able doctor or America swallowing the bitter draught
Revolutionary War-era political cartoon published in the London Magazine, entitled "The able doctor; or America swallowing the bitter draught." Depicts Lord North, with the "Boston Port Bill" extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Native female figure representing "America," whose arms are restrained by Lord Mansfield, while Lord Sandwich, a notorious womanizer, restrains her feet and peeks up her skirt. Britannia, standing behind "America", turns away and shields her face with her left hand. Image published: 1774.
Image ID: 001415
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Image size: 10.7 Mpixels (30.5 MB uncompressed) - 4152x2568 pixels (13.8x8.6 in / 35.2x21.7 cm at 300 ppi)
Image keywords: 1700s, 18th-century, American Revolution, American War of Independence, Americas, Boston Port Bill, Britannia, Early-Modern, England, Eon4693, EonBudget, Events, Frederick Lord North, Illustrations, Intolerable Acts, John Mantagu Earl of Sandwich, John Stuart Earl of Bute, London Magazine, Revolutionary War, War-Conflict, William Murray Earl of Mansfield, cartoons, political cartoons, satire, symbolism, tea