File:The savages let loose, or the cruel fate of the loyalists (BM 1868,0808.4933).jpg
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[edit]The savages let loose, or the cruel fate of the loyalists ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
The savages let loose, or the cruel fate of the loyalists |
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Description |
English: American loyalists are being murdered by Native Americans. An Indian (left) seizes by the hair a loyalist lying on the ground, and holds up a knife saying "I'll scalp him". Another Indian (right) raises a tomahawk in both hands above a loyalist who kneels on one knee, saying "O cruel Fate! is this the Return for our Loyalty". The Indian says, "I'll tomahawk the Dog".
Etching with hand-colouring |
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Depicted people | Associated with: William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne and 1st Marquess of Lansdowne | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1783 date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.4933 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) The chief danger to the loyalists was not from Red Indians, but from penal legislation, confiscation of property, and personal molestation at the hands of Americans, who, however, are perhaps represented by the Indians. The provision for loyalists in the peace terms was resented by American loyalists and denounced by many Englishmen, sometimes factiously, sometimes sincerely. To quote a contemporary squib: "Tis an honor to serve the bravest of nations And be left to be hanged in their capitulations." But "England had gotten for the loyalists the utmost attainable in the treaty and, later, proved honorable and generous in the highest degree by compensating the Loyalists out of her own treasury". Van Tyne, 'The Loyalists in the American Revolution', 1902, p. 288. See BMSat 6171, 6184, 6223. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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