State Cooks,Downfall of Fish Kettle,1781,King George III,Lord North,Colony

Title: State cooks, or the downfall of the fish kettle
Date Created/Published: [London] : Pubd. by W. Wells No. 132 Fleet Street, 1781 Decr. 10.
Summary: Print shows George III and Lord North standing in a kitchen, both wear aprons, George III has his back to the fireplace, between them, on the floor, is an overturned kettle of fish, each labeled with the name of a colony. George III says, 'O Boreas, the loss of these fish will ruin us forever', North replies, 'My honored liege never fret. Minden & I will cook 'em yet', on the wall behind North is a map labeled 'Plan of North America'.
Notes:
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5855
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
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. 794.
Exhibited in: 'Creating the United States' at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011.
Subjects:
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792.
Politics & government--England--1780-1790.
Cooks--1780-1790.
Fish--1780-1790.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1780-1790.
Etchings--British--Hand-colored--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2004673413/
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