The parricide A sketch of modern patriotism. – Vintage Wall Art
![The parricide A sketch of modern patriotism., [London : s.n., 1776 May 1] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6c/6c6afea3bbf0-L.webp)
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*The Parricide: A Sketch of Modern Patriotism* casts Britannia, the personification of Britain, as the victim of a crime against her own family. The title's charge of parricide, the killing of a parent, turns the imperial quarrel with the American colonies into a domestic tragedy. This etching appeared in the *Westminster Magazine* in 1776 and was also issued as a separate print, dated May 1 of that year. It belongs to a wave of British satire that accused the political opposition of encouraging the colonists and so of attacking the mother country. Its title is an ironic comment on "patriotism," which the print presents as a cover for betrayal.
| Created / published | [London : s.n., 1776 May 1] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Etchings British 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. from: The Westminster Magazine, 1776, p. 216-219. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5334 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. 700. |
| Subjects | Britannia (Symbolic character)--1770-1780. Parricide--England--1770-1780. Violence--England--1770-1780. Patriotism--England--1770-1780. Opposition (Political science)--England--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,440 × 1,135 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219100 |
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