TITLE: Amusement for John Bull & his cousin Paddy, or, the gambols of the American buffalo, in St. James's Street CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 6223 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-1546 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Print shows several ministers helping themselves to fishes and loaves that have spilled from a fishwife's basket which was upset by a rampaging "American Buffalo"; among those depicted are the Duke of Portland, Lord Cavendish, Lord North, Charles Fox, Lord Thurlow, Admiral Keppel, Lord Shelburne, and Thomas(?) Pitt. George III watches the shameless opportunism from a window in the background. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching and engraving. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Published by I. Fielding, Pater-noster Row, 1783 May 1st. CREATOR: Fielding, John, bookseller. NOTES: Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6223 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. 857. SUBJECTS: George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820. Politics & government--England--1780-1790. Government officials--England--1780-1790. Accidents--England--1780-1790. Bison--England--1780-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Intaglio prints British 1780-1790. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a05337 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05337 CONTROL #: 2004676764
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