The allies - par nobile fratrum! / Indignatio fecit. – Vintage Print
![The allies - par nobile fratrum! / Indignatio fecit., [London] : Pubd. as the Act Directs by I. Almon, Piccadilly, 1780 Febry. 3. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f0/f07b534217ba-L.webp)
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Few London prints from 1780 tie George III so directly to Native American allies as this etching, whose title, "The allies - par nobile fratrum!," sneers at the pairing of the king with the Indian nations fighting for Britain. Published by I. Almon on Piccadilly on February 3, 1780, it belongs to a wave of British and American satire that accused the Crown of enlisting Native warriors and looking past their raids on frontier settlements. The cannibalism theme in its subject headings reflects the lurid charges that circulated on both sides of the Atlantic during the Revolution. The Latin tag, meaning roughly "a noble pair of brothers," is clearly meant ironically.
| Created / published | [London] : Pubd. as the Act Directs by I. Almon, Piccadilly, 1780 Febry. 3. |
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| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780.Etchings British 1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5631 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. 764. |
| Subjects | George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820. Cannibalism--United States--1780. Indians of North America--War--1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,009 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117468 |
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