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The Hibernian attempt. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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The Hibernian attempt. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Print shows George III sitting on a throne with Edward Thurlow and William Pitt standing next to him; he is wearing half a crown on his head, on the left, an African wearing a feathered headdress and holding a striped flag representing America flees with the other half of George's crown, and on the right, an Irishman is sitting on and facing the rear of a bull, he is holding a flag and, with a hooked stick, is reaching for the half-crown George is wearing.

Illus. in: The Ramblers' magazine. London : Printed for the authors and sold by G. Lister, 1785 April, p. 141.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 880.

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01/01/1785
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