The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter America May 11, 1782 Thomas Colley British 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 r
The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter America May 11, 1782 Thomas Colley British 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 The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter America. Thomas Colley (British, active 1778–83). May 11, 1782. Etching. Published London by William Richardson (British, active 1778–1812). Prints
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