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The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter America

May 11, 1782
Not on view
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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