Satirical Print on English Losses in the War with America (1), 1778

First caricature on the English losses in the war with America in 1778. The English trade depicted as a milch cow whose horns have been sawn off by the American Congress and which is being milked by a Dutchman. A Frenchman and a Spaniard also wish to have some milk. In the background, the English ship Eagle, captured and dismasted by the Americans (17 September 1778), stranded near Philadelphia. In the foreground, a small dog urinates on the sleeping British lion, accompanied by a wringing-hands Englishman in mourning attire. In the caption, the legend 1-9 in French.