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Virtual representation, 1775
File name: 11_03_000001 box label: american related cartoons, 5284 - 5476 title: virtual representation, 1775 translated title: creator/contributor: created/published: [london] date issued: 1775-04-01 physical description: 1 print : engraving, color ; 10 x 12 in. summary: bute aims a blunderbuss at an american gentleman with a club while britannia falls into "the pit prepared for others." in the background, roman catholic quebec sits serenely on the hill while "the english protestant town of boston" is in flames. genre: political cartoons; engravings subjects: bute, john stuart, earl of, 1713-1792; britannia (symbolic character); united states--history--revolution, 1775-1783; politics & government; punishment & torture; firearms notes: references: catalogue of prints and drawings in the british museum, no. 5286 (bm 5286); references: american revolution in drawings and prints, no. 683 (ardp 683) statement of responsibility: collection: americana collection location: boston public library, print department rights: no known restrictions .
Category : American Revolution cartoons
Political cartoons and caricatures about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War.
Subcategories
This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total.
- The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress (239 F)
- A political concert; the vocal parts by (4 F)
- American revolution cow commerce cartoon (1778) (5 F)
- American revolution cow commerce cartoon (1781) (3 F)
- Amos Doolittle engravings in the Concord Museum (4 F)
- The Bostonians Paying the Excise-man (13 F)
- Caricatures of the Continental Congress (7 F)
- Give me liberty, or give me death! (1 C, 13 F)
- Join, or Die (3 C, 13 F)
- New Method of Macarony Making, as practiced at Boston (10 F)
- Shelb--rn's sacrifice, or the recommended Loyalists (4 F)
- The able doctor, or America swallowing the bitter draught (18 F)
- The alternative of Williams-burg (7 F)
- The American rattle snake (6 F)
- The Bloody Massacre by Paul Revere (22 F)
- The Political Cartoon, for the Year 1775 (5 F)
- The tea-tax-tempest (14 F)
- Virtual representation, 1775 (3 F)
Media in category "American Revolution cartoons"
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- Political cartoons by conflict
- American Revolution in art
- Documents associated with the American Revolution
- Works about the American Revolution
- Politics of the American Revolution
- Journalism in the American Revolution
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Virtual representation was the British response to the First Continental Congress in the American colonies. The Second Continental Congress asked for representation in Parliament in the Suffolk Resolves, also known as the first Olive Branch Petition. Parliament claimed that their members had the well being of the colonists in mind.
Virtual representation, 1775 | Library of Congress 1 print : etching and engraving. | Print shows Lord Bute aiming a blunderbuss at a man representing colonial America; a member of Parliament, pointing at the American, tells Bute "I give you that man's money for my use", to which the American responds by saying, "I will not be robbed".
The Americans scoffed at the notion of virtual representation; ... In April 1775 the British commander in Boston sent a detachment of troops to nearby Lexington and Concord; they were to seize stores of colonial gunpowder and also to bag the "rebel" ringleaders, Samuel Adams and John Hancock ...
Isabell Schimmel | Certified Educator Share Cite The concept of virtual representation held that people like the American colonists did not need to be able to elect their own representatives to...
Title: Virtual representation, 1775 Translated title: Creator/Contributor: Date issued: 1775-04-01 Physical description: 1 print : engraving, color ; 10 x 12 in. Summary: Bute aims a blunderbuss at an American gentleman with a club while Britannia falls into "the Pit Prepared for Others."
Virtual representation, 1775 Description: Bute aims a blunderbuss at an American gentleman with a club while Britannia falls into "the Pit Prepared for Others." In the background, Roman Catholic Quebec sits serenely on the hill while "the English Protestant Town of Boston" is in flames. Date: April 1, 1775 ...
1868,0808.4531 Title Object: Object: Virtual representation. 1775 Description Seven figures on the sea-shore represent the situation in America: four (l.) take the offensive, two (r.) are prepared to defend themselves, while Britannia on the extreme right., blindfolded, is about to rush into a pit inscribed "The Pit prepared for others".
The British countered with the theory of virtual representation, which held that members of Parliament were obligated to defend the interests of British subjects and colonists alike. In October 1765, delegates from the colonies convened in New York City at the Stamp Act Congress, where they drew up formal petitions to the British Parliament and ...
The words of Bute and the action of the Speaker indicate that America was being taxed for the benefit of England, while the title derides the theory that the colonists, like Englishmen without the franchise, were "virtually represented" in the House of Commons.
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Virtual representation, 1775 Summary Print shows Lord Bute aiming a blunderbuss at a man representing colonial America; a member of Parliament, pointing at the American, tells Bute "I give you that man's money for my use", to which the American responds by saying, "I will not be robbed".
By definition, virtual representation is the political concept that elected members of a representative body do not represent individuals or a geographic region but represent the entire country...
1 print : etching and engraving. Print shows Lord Bute aiming a blunderbuss at a man representing colonial America; a member of Parliament, pointing at the American, tells Bute "I give you that man's money for my use", to which the American responds by saying, "I will not be robbed".
1 print : etching and engraving. | Print shows Lord Bute aiming a blunderbuss at a man representing colonial America; a member of Parliament, pointing at the American, tells Bute "I give you that man's money for my use", to which the American responds by saying, "I will not be robbed".
"Virtual Representation, 1775." The "virtual representative" (standing, clad in brown) gives the British State (represented by John Stuart, Earl of Bute, with a blunderbuss) permission to rob a colonist. Catholic Quebec enjoys peace, Protestant Boston burns, and blinded Britannia approaches a pit. (Courtesy Boston Public Library)
Virtual Representation, 1775 Virtual Representation, artist unknown, 1775, British Museum. Virtual Representation, artist unknown, 1775, Digital Commmonwealth. Threatened by a Scot, a Jesuit, and others, an American wielding a cudgel is backed by a sailor who declares, 'I will be wounded with you.'
Virtual Representation, 1775. A cartoon. Library of Congress, Washington, (1912). Identifier NYSA_A3045-78_789. Date Original January 1 1912. Language English. Source New York State Archives. Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, 789.
VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION 1775 Print shows Lord Bute aiming a blunderbuss at a man representing colonial America; a member of Parliament, pointing at the American, tells Bute "I give you that man's money for my use", to which the American responds by saying, "I will not be robbed". On the right, blindfolded, Britannia is about to stumble into "The ...
Virtual Representation, 1775 This image is in the public domain. It is available online at https://www.loc.gov/item/2004673310/. Return to Grade 7 Social Studies: How to Navigate This Document 63
Cartoon - Virtual Representation, 1775 Virtual Representation, 1775. A cartoon. Library of Congress, Washington, (1912). Identifier NYSA_A3045-78_789 Alternate Identifier DMS ID Number: 1840 Negative Numbers: 789 Date January 1 1912 Repository New York State Archives Source
Next Section First Shots of War, 1775; ... On the other hand, the colonists' ideas about taxation without representation, about actual versus virtual representation, about tyranny and corruption in the British government, and indeed about the nature of government, sovereignty, and constitutions had crystalized during this period. ...
Virtual representation, 1775 File name: 11_03_000001 Box label: American related cartoons, 5284 - 5476 Title: Virtual representation, 1775 Translated title: Creator/Contributor: Created/Published: [London] Date issued: 1775-04-01 Physical description: 1 print : engraving, color ; 10 x 12 in. Summary: Bute aims a blunderbuss at an American gentleman with a club while Britannia falls into "the ...
V Virtual representation, 1775 (3 F) Media in category "American Revolution cartoons" The following 171 files are in this category, out of 171 total. 1764 StampActRiot Boston 1784 Chodowiecki AmericanRevolution 01204001.jpg 396 × 682; 126 KB 1769 DoingAbroad PoliticalRegister.jpg 940 × 1,500; 348 KB