Americana.- Satire on the cost of the American Revolutionary Wars to Britain.- Colley (Thomas), Attributed to. The English lion dismember'd or the voice of the public for an enquiry into the public ex

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Americana.- Satire on the cost of the American Revolutionary Wars to Britain.- Colley (Thomas), Attributed to. The English lion dismember'd or the voice of the public for an enquiry into the public expenditure, etching on laid paper without watermark, platemark 230 x 343 mm (9 1/8 x 13 1/2 in), sheet 270 x 380 mm (10 3/4 x 15 in), good margins, soft creases, minor surface dirt, numbered in ink in margin to lower right corner 'No.368', unframed, published by Edward Hedges, 1780 *** Scarce at auction; we cannot trace any previous records. "The lion's right fore-paw, inscribed "America", has been cut off, and his leg is bleeding. With the lion walk America, France, and Spain. America, a Native American with a head-dress and kilt of feathers, holds out a tomahawk in his left hand; in his other hand is the staff supporting the cap of liberty; he says, "This Limb belongs to me in Spite of Fate". [BM]

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