Satirical Print on English Losses in the War with America (2), 1778

Second caricature on the English losses in the war with America in 1778. The English trade depicted as a lean milch cow whose horns have been sawn off by the American Congress now grazes among thistles. Accompanied by a Dutchman with a milk pail, a Frenchman with a bowl, and a Spaniard also with a bowl, leaning on a pedestal marked Mexico, Peru, and Chile. In the center, rats gnaw at the empty British treasury, the Englishman prays, and the British lion roars at his wound caused by a broken teapot (a reference to the Boston Tea Party of 1773). In the background, British ambassadors visit Native Americans (represented as a group of men with feathered headdresses), with Justice on the left and Strength, Hercules, and Prudence on the right. To the left of the Americans, three barrels marked Marseille, Nantes, and Cadiz. Behind them, Yorktown (possibly referring to the English defeat under Cornwallis against the Americans and French at Yorktown, Sept-Oct 1781).