The American rattle snake, en sanguine engraving shows American snake, the emblem used by Americans as a device on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes, with two of three coils around units of British soldiers, commanded by Burgoyne and Cornwallis at time of their surrender. Gillray is lampooning the British war effort. The verse printed below the image reflects the widespread sympathy in England for the American cause.
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The American rattle snake, en sanguine engraving shows American snake, the emblem used by Americans as a device on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes, with two of three coils around units of British soldiers, commanded by Burgoyne and Cornwallis at time of their surrender. Gillray is lampooning the British war effort. The verse printed below the image reflects the widespread sympathy in England for the American cause.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Notre référence

LZT16A00_344

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,2Mo (4,0Mo) / 42,3cm x 32,7cm / 5000 x 3858 (300dpi)

Mots clés

American rattle snake sanguine engraving emblem Americans device flag adoption stars stripes two three coils units British soldiers commanded Burgoyne Cornwallis time surrender Gillray lampooning war effort verse printed image reflects widespread sympathy England cause vintage retro retro styled engraved image engravement victorian art culture illustrative technique history historical old antique nostalgia arkheia nostalgic historic artwork old-fashioned romantic aged traditional historic art

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