REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
The Able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught. [London: London Magazine, May 1774.]
Engraving on paper, 114 x 163 mm, matted and framed. trimmed just into platemarks, a few faint spots, but an attractive example.
A horrific caricature depicting a British minister acting as a doctor, with a copy of the Boston port bill in his pocket, pouring tea down the throat of a native woman representing America while another man holds her arms and yet another grins while looking up her skirt. Britannia turns away, shielding her eyes, apparently weeping. A soldier stands by with sword labeled "Military Law," and two Europeans look on discussing that matter.