The able doctor, or American swallowing the bitter draught

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1774
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References: British Museum number 5226. American Revolution in Drawings and Prints number 664.

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The fair Indian damsel America held down by Lord Mansfield while Lord North forces tea down her throat. Boston is cannonaded in the background. Published the day after the Boston Port Bill closed Boston's port in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party. This indicated just how fast engravings as news could be turned out for an eager public.

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Digital Commonwealth
Contributing Institution
Boston Public Library
Collection
Americana Collection
Subjects
Politics & government
Feeding
Punishment & torture
Violence
Tea
Boston Port Bill, 1774
Britannia (Symbolic character)
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of 1705-1793
North, Frederick, Lord 1732-1792
Location
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Type
image
Format
Prints
Political cartoons
Engravings
Language
English
URL
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880w794w
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The able doctor, or American swallowing the bitter draught. 1774. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880w794w. (Accessed January 23, 2025.)
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