A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778 – Vintage Photo Print
![A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778, [London : s.n., 1778 Mar. 1] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bb/bb94278ce5ae-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 A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778, 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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A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778
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Cows, not soldiers, are the central subject of this etching, and its catalog subjects tie them to England, commerce, and the American Revolution. It appeared in the *Westminster Magazine* in March 1778 and comments on the nation as it stood in February of that year. The month was a tense one for Britain, since France had just signed treaties recognizing the United States and allying with it. Satirical prints of this period often used farmyard imagery to make arguments about trade and empire that were hard to state plainly.
| Created / published | [London : s.n., 1778 Mar. 1] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Etchings 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. from: Westminster Magazine, v. 6 (1778 Mar. 1), p. 66. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5472 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. 726. |
| Subjects | International relations--1770-1780. Cows--England--1770-1780. Commerce--British--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic & industrial aspects. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,081 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118832 |
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