BM 5281
The Council of the Rulers & the Elders against the Tribe of ye Americanites.
[1775]; CPDBM indicates image was published for the Westminster Magazine, (21 x 13 cm)

Engraving featuring an interior scene at the House of Commons with Lord North in the foreground with a list poking out from his pocket. There are numerous men surrounding the table with documents. In the back is a cloaked figure pointing at a map of North America in flames with smoke emerging.

BM 5282
America in Flames.
[1775]; CPDBM indicates image was published for the Town and Country Magazine, (21 x 12 cm)

Woodcut featuring America as an old woman on the top of a set of stairs on fire. She is being sprayed by several men beneath her with hoses and pails of water. To the right is Lord North holding the Boston Port Bill. In the sky fanning the flames is a devil watching Lord Bute in highland dress with a bellows labeled “Quebec Bill” and Mansfield using bellows inscribed “Massachusetts Bay”; In the foreground is an overturned teapot.

BM 5285
The Thistle Reel.
[1775]; CPDBM indicates image was published for the London Magazine, (20.5 x 12.5 cm)

Engraving with three men dancing around a tall thistle while a devil in the clouds plays bagpipes. Wrapped around the stem of the flower is a scroll reading “Honi Soit qui Mal y pense” and at the top is a halo reading “Carduus benedictus”; the three men dancing around the thistle are Lord North, Bute and Mansfield holding the Quebec Bill as identified by CPDBM.

BM 5286
Virtual Representation.
[1775]; s.n., (28 x 36.5 cm)

Two facsimile copies from the copy at the Massachusetts Historical Society; image features an engraving with six men and one woman on a beach. Beneath the characters is a key describing the scene. In the distance is a fort labeled “The French Roman Catholick Town of Quebeck” with the Union Jack to the left and to the right, Boston in flames. The figures on the beach are identified as, from left to right “Begar Just so en France” “Te Deum” of a monk on his knees “One String Jack” with a gun “I give you that man’s money for my use” with a man in judge robes “I will not be Robbed” of a British officer “I shall not be wounded with you” of a man hiding behind and “I am Blinded” featuring Britannia with spear and sword blindfolded. CPDBM indicates the image was created in response to Quebec Act as well as the measures taken in Boston after the Tea Party.

BM 5287
The Scotch Butchery, Boston. 1775.
[1775]; Published According to Act of Parlmt – 1775, engraving: (23.5 x 34 cm) mounted on sheet: (30.5 x 44 cm)

Engraving mounted on an additional sheet featuring figures to the left and right with a harbor in the distance. Men to the left in soldiers’ uniforms are described as “English Soldiers struck with horror and dropping their arms” To the right is Bute, Mansfield, Wedderburn, Simon Fraser and men in uniform described as “Scotch Butchers”; in the distance is a British fleet of ships bombarding Boston. There are numerous bodies on the ground as others retreat.

BM 5334
The Parricide. A sketch of Modern Patriotism.
[1776]; CPDBM indicates image was engraved for the Westminster Magazine, (10.5 x 16 cm)

Engraving featuring Britannia with breasts exposed being held down by a group of men. To the left is America as a Native American with two weapons attacking Britannia with a dagger. To the far left is a Native American with two lit torches. Among the crowd of men are Wilkes, Chatham, Grafton and Charles Fox; there is also a lion being restrained, and two shields on the ground.

BM 5335
Noodle Island. Or how we are decieved [sic].
[1776]; J. S. sc. Pub May 12 1776 by M Darly Strand, (28 x 23 cm)

Hand-colored engraving featuring a well-dressed woman with an elaborate hair-styled coiffure standing in profile with a fan. Depicted in her wig are several encampments; masted ships and on the top a cannon fight. The troops appear to be both British and American and to the left is a fort; there are also four flags illustrating with a crocodile, a bow and arrow, a donkey and a jester cap.

BM 5335a
The Manner in which the American Colonies Declared themselves Independent of the King of England throughout the different Provinces, on July 4, 1776.
[1776]; Hamilton delin. Noble sculp, (35 x 21 cm)

Exterior scene featuring an American colonist atop a white horse reading a copy of the Declaration of Independence to a gathering crowd; behind him are people listening from windows; in the background a man is putting up a broadside reading “America Independent 1776”. The image is heavily bordered with decoration.

BM 5340
News from America, or the Patriots in the Dumps.
[1776]; London Magazine. Nov. 1776, (21 x 13 cm)

Two copies of an engraving featuring a woman in the foreground, bare breasted looking distressed and weeping holding a liberty cap, and an outraged crowd behind her to the left with Wilkes most prominent. To the right on a pedestal is Lord North reading from a document; behind him is Mansfield, King George and Bute. In the distance are several ships, the British Navy defeating the American one.

BM 5378
Bunters Hill or May Day.
[1776]; Pubd according to act of Parlt May 1, 1776 by J. Lockington Shug Lane, (23.5 x 18.5 cm)

Engraving featuring a well-dressed woman in profile with an elaborate hair-styled coiffure. In her hair are scenes of May Day such as a galloping pig with two smaller pigs, people selling or dealing items on a street with a woman smoking a pipe; a woman in a wagon and the lower portion is a man (identified by CPDBM as a jack-in-the-green) surrounded by figures dancing.

BM 5397
Poor Old England Endeavoring to Reclaim her Wicked American Children = and therefore is England maimed & forc’d to go with a Staff. Shakespeare.
[1777]; Pub Apr 1 1777 by M Darly 39 Strand, (28 x 44 cm)

Engraving featuring England to the right of the Atlantic ocean with a cane, whip and shield attempting to pull from the other side American colonists, many of whom he has hooked by the nose. One of them shoots a toy cannon at “England” and one turns around exposing his buttocks.

BM 5444a
Qualifying for a Campaign.
[1777]; Verney delint. London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett Map & Printsellers No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 4 June 1777, (24.5 x 35 cm)

Interior scene featuring numerous men in a gymnasium-style gaming room in an Academy. In the foreground are men playing with cards and a bellows with a gun as well as two cats; to the left is a dog and a rat with two men conversing. In the center are two men sword fighting while two look on; on the wall is a map labeled “Seat of War in North America” as well as three pieces of art; two profile portraits and a central landscape scene over a fireplace. There is also posted “Rules to be Observed in this Academy”.

BM 5452 (?)
Tight Lacing, or Fashion before Ease.
[1777]; From the original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors. Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard London. Published as the Act Directs, (40 x 29 cm)

Interior scene of a bedroom featuring a woman with elaborate coiffure holding onto a bedpost while a man a woman and a young African boy all attempt to assist her and lace up her bodice. In front of her is a small dog; other items in the room include a small monkey pointing to an open book reading “Fashions Victims a Satire”; a mirror, an umbrella mounted on the wall and a tri-corn hat. Note: item does not match description of BM 5452 found in CPDBM.

BM 5472
A Picturesque View of the State of the Nation.
[1778]; CPDBM indicates image was created for the Westminster Magazine, (13 x 21 cm)

Engraving featuring a spotted cow standing on a beach; in the distance is a town labeled Philadelphia with a beached ship with masts and flags as well as two men seated at a table; one with his head upon it. In the foreground there is a American sawing off one of the horns of the cow as well as a man representing a Dutchman milking the cow and a Frenchman beside him, a Spaniard with a bowl and to the left a man, presumably an Englishman, is praying. The ship in the distance is labeled “Eagle.” Sleeping on the ground is a lion with a dog urinating on his head. See also BM 5726. Copy 2 the gift of Joseph Felcone, 2009.

BM 5472a
Dedie Aux Generaux de L’Armee de la Grande Bretagne Par Un Zelateur de la Liberte.
[1778]; Dessine d’apres nature, á Boston par Corbuten 1778 Grave á Philadelphi par Sans Souci, (31 x 40 cm)

Engraving featuring an exterior scene on a beach; to the right are several men; one with a tattered British flag and a soldier with a drum, scaling an embankment. Heading towards them and flying in the air is an angel with a sword and shield. In the background is a town and several people circling around a May pole. There is text beneath in French.

BM 5472b
Dedie Aux Milords de L’Amiraute Anglaise Par un Membre du Congres Americain.
[1778]; Dessine d’apres nature, á Boston par Corbuten en 1778 et Grave á Philadelphi par Va de Bon [caeur?], (27 x 40 cm)

Engraving featuring an exterior scene with French text beneath. Being tied to a tree is a man in colonial-era clothing; there are three men also putting wings on the man, feathers and bird’s feet. To the left is a man in the shadow of a doorway with pipes. Behind them is a man with a package hoisting it into a boat. The three men surrounding the one tied to the tree appear to represent a Dutchman, a Frenchman and an American. There is text beneath in French. Note: also included is a facsimile copy of the engraving.

BM 5473
The Commissioners.
[1778]; Pub April 3, 1778 by M Darly 39 Strand, (29 x 47.5 cm)

Engraving featuring five commissioners kneeling and praying to the right each with speech bubbles. To the left are barrels, parcels and packages stacked with a bare-chested, female America with liberty cap and laurel leaf atop. In the center are five crossed swords. CPDBM indicates the commissioner in the front is Lord Howe. Engraving is signed in lower right “M Darly”

BM 5474
The Commissioners Interview with Congress.
[1778]; Pub April 1, 1778 by M Darly 39 Strand, (28 x 44.5 cm)

Engraving featuring three members of Congress to the right wearing long gowns with fur caps and arm warmers looking left; behind them are what appear to be tropical trees. To the left are four men, Governor Johnston, Lord Carlisle, a Scotsman in kilt and Lord Bute all appear in different levels of distress or anxiety.

BM 5482
A View in America in 1778.
[1778]; Pub by M Darly Aug 1 1778, (27.5 x 46 cm)

Image of seven men. In the foreground and lying on the ground is an African American man wounded by a cannonball; there are other cannonballs strewn on the ground. Standing behind him are various men, one with a powder horn reading “Liberty or Death” with a hat which reads the same sentiment. There are also several other men with their eyes closed and a man in military uniform looking to the left; there is also a satirical sketch of an unknown man wearing a heavy coat and hat leaning on a cane smoking a pipe; he has crossed eyes; in the distance is a fort with an American flag as well as several cannons. Note on file indicates image may be earliest depicting of Stars and Stripes (though flag has neither on its fabric).

BM 5486
[Emblematical Print Adapted to the Times].
[1778]; London Mag. Aug. 1778, (12.5 x 20.5 cm)

Engraving featuring an exterior scene with an allegorical figure of Neptune in the front with his Triton pointing right towards an American colonist with a cock on his shoulder and holding a striped flag. Sitting on the lap of Neptune is Britannia with her spear and sword. In the distance is a fleet of ships heading towards America being encouraged by a flying angel with horn and flag. Image has a heavy border. Note: title supplied from CPDBM.