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Title
The Scotch Butchery, Boston, 1775
Type
Still Image
Multimedia
Subject
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Fraser, Simon, Master of Lovat, 1726-1782. (LCSH)
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Soldiers--Scottish--1770-1780. (LCTGM)
Soldiers--British--1770-1780. (LCTGM)
Government officials--England--1770-1780. (LCTGM)
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. (LCSH)
Genre Form
Prints (LCGFT)
graphic
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1770-1780. (GMGPC)
Etchings--British--1770-1780. (GMGPC)
Language
English
Color Content
black and white
Note
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Summary
Print shows Lords Bute and Mansfield conferring, to their right stands Simon Fraser and Lord Wedderburn, "Deputies" to the aforenamed. On the far right are soldiers wearing Highland dress (of the 71st Regiment of (Highland) Foot (Fraser's)), ready to proceed with the "Scotch butchery" of Boston. On the left are British soldiers who drop their weapons in horror at the sight of the Highlanders. In the background, British, flying the ensign of a thistle (which also appears growing in the center foreground), bombard the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Includes legend to persons and events identified by number.
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Scotch Butchery, Boston, 1775