Satire.- American Revolution.- Darly (Matthew) and Mary Darly. A View in America in 1778, etching with early hand-colouring, platemark 245 x 355 mm (9 5/8 x 14 in), sheet 270 x 380 mm (10 5/8 x 14 7/8 in), some light toning and browning in places, marginal loss to centre right, small marginal loss and repair to the lower left corner, small split in the upper right corner, not affecting the plate, unframed, 1778

Literature:
BM Satires 5482

⁂ Scarce at auction. We cannot trace any other examples sold at auction, with institutional examples held in the British Museum and Library of Congress.

'Perhaps a satire on the indifference of Congress to the sufferings of American soldiers, and on the attitude to negro slavery in America, illustrating Dr. Johnson's familiar gibe, "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?"' [BM curator's comment from BM website]