Americana.- American Revolutionary War.- Fielding & Walker (Pater-Noster-Row, London) The Political Raree-Show: or a Picture of Parties and Politics, during and at the close of the Last Session of Par

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Americana.- American Revolutionary War.- Fielding & Walker (Pater-Noster-Row, London) The Political Raree-Show: or a Picture of Parties and Politics, during and at the close of the Last Session of Parliament. June 1779, etching, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 248 x 360 mm (9 3/4 x 14 1/4 in), numerous old folds, trimmed, lower left margin lacking, some minor surface dirt and browning, unframed, 1779Literature:BM Satires 5548cf. Creswell, The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress, 1975, no. 748. *** '[This] print shows a man directing a boy to view a peepshow of events and actions of the British government, as well as international affairs involving England. The peepshow presents 12 views in three columns; number 2, at the top of the middle column, is titled "The generals in America doing nothing, or worse than nothing." It depicts General William Howe asleep outside his tent while in the background General Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga.' [Library of Congress]

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