The savages let loose, or The cruel fate of the Loyalists – Antique Wall Art
![The savages let loose, or The cruel fate of the Loyalists, [London] : Sold by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, [1783 March] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b5/b51ca80eec62-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The savages let loose, or The cruel fate of the Loyalists, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Its title, *The savages let loose, or The cruel fate of the Loyalists*, states the print's argument before any detail is studied. Published in London in March 1783, while the American war was moving toward settlement, it was sold by W. Humphrey on the Strand and belongs to the wave of British satirical prints that dramatized the plight of colonists who had remained loyal to the Crown. Its subjects, scalping and lynching, point to the violence that British commentators associated with the rebel cause and with Native warfare. Such images were meant to stir sympathy for the refugees and to press the question of whether those who had stayed loyal would be left to their fate.
| Created / published | [London] : Sold by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, [1783 March] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Etchings 1780-1790. |
| Notes | Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6182 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. 850. |
| Subjects | American loyalists--1780-1790. Scalping--1780-1790. Lynchings--1780-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,049 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109520 |
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