Wonders,Dedicated to the Wonderful Wonderer,1783,Britannia,King George III

Title: Wonders wonders wonders & wonders - dedicated to the wonderfull wonderfull wonderer
Date Created/Published: [London : Publishd as the Act Directs by I Langham Print Coulerer No. 84 Dorset Street Salisbury Court Fleet Street, 1782 Novr. 9] : Sold by W. Humphrey, 1783.
Summary: Print shows Britannia and America, several British ministers, and King George III, they appear as couples shaking hands, except for the central figure of three. Standing on the left is Britannia with the British lion at her feet, largely obscured by her shield, she is shaking hands with a Native woman, representing America, wearing a feathered headdress and skirt, and holding a staff topped with a liberty cap; to the right, in the background, stands the Duke of Richmond shaking hands with the Rev. Henry Bate Dudley; next Sir Hugh Palliser and Admiral Keppel are shaking hands; and on the far right, John Wilkes, with left hand raised, is shaking hands with George III. The central figure in the foreground is comprised of Lord Shelburne shaking hands with Charles James Fox and Lord Denbigh, as a foxhound, with his paws on Fox's left shoulder. Each person addresses the other as part of a verse which appears as balloons, possibly beginning on the left with Britannia, 'Come, come, shake hands, and lets be friends,' to which America replies, 'With all my heart, I've gained my ends,' or possibly with Fox, as the central figure, who says, 'I now will play the foxes part, and gain a secret from each heart.'
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption continues: If Kat to can bring such wonders to pass / He sure deserves the honor to kiss the King's .
Earlier, hand-colored impression contains imprint which appears to have been obliterated from the later impression.
Earlier impression lacks text in balloons that each person addresses to his/her former enemy.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6162
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. 827.
Subjects:
Dudley, H. Bate--(Henry Bate),--Sir,--1745-1824.
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1735-1806.
Palliser, Hugh,--Sir,--1723-1796.
Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786.
Wilkes, John,--1725-1797.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820.
Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806.
Denbigh, Basil Feilding,--Earl of,--1719-1800.
Shaking hands--England--1780-1790.
Enemies--England--1780-1790.
Britannia (Symbolic character)--1780-1790.
Politics & government--England--1780-1790.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1780-1790.
Etchings--British--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2004673485/
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