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The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter America

May 11, 1782
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In this satire, allegorical representations of Britannia and America embrace, as France and Spain try to pull America away, and a Dutchman watches. At right, Charles James Fox points out the struggle to Admiral Augustus Keppel. The print responds to a moment during the Revolutionary War in Britain when a new ministry was formed under the leadership of Fox, on March 30th, and a political shift that occured after May 18th, when news of Admiral George Rodney's significant naval victory near Dominica reached England.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter America
  • Artist: Thomas Colley (British, active 1778–83)
  • Publisher: William Richardson (British, active 1778–1812)
  • Subject: Charles James Fox (British, 1749–1806)
  • Subject: Admiral Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel (British, 1725–1786)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: May 11, 1782
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: plate: 9 13/16 x 14 in. (25 x 35.5 cm)
    sheet: 10 15/16 x 17 1/16 in. (27.8 x 43.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.2.1035
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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