The State Watchman Discovered by the Genius of Britain Studying Plans for the Reduction of America December 10, 1781 Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson British Rowlandson's name does not appear on this print, but the scholar Dorothy George attributed it to him on the basis of style. The image responds to the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, the battle that ended the American Revolutionary War. Either George III (or his prime minister Lord North) dozes at center on a sofa near the alarmed figure of Britannia who asks, "Am I thus Protected?" If the sleeper is North, the small man who says "
The State Watchman Discovered by the Genius of Britain Studying Plans for the Reduction of America December 10, 1781 Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson British Rowlandson's name does not appear on this print, but the scholar Dorothy George attributed it to him on the basis of style. The image responds to the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, the battle that ended the American Revolutionary War. Either George III (or his prime minister Lord North) dozes at center on a sofa near the alarmed figure of Britannia who asks, "Am I thus Protected?" If the sleeper is North, the small man who says "Hello Neighbour! what are you asleep" may represent Sir Grey Parole, designated to sit next to North in Parliament and wake the minister during long debates, if he dozed The State Watchman Discovered by the Genius of Britain Studying Plans for the Reduction of America. Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London). December 10, 1781. Etching. J. Jones (British, active 1777–81). Prints
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