The takeing of Miss Mud I'land (BM 1868,0808.4557 1).jpg
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The takeing of Miss Mud I'land
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The takeing of Miss Mud I'land |
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English: A rough plan of the Delaware river below the mouth of the Schuylkill which is shown as a quasi-rectangular piece of water. In its centre is a pentagonal fort-shaped island, inscribed "Mud Islnd". Across this straddles a woman astride a cannon which she is firing at the British ship "Isis", while her left hand fires a miniature cannon. Her hair is dressed over a broad cushion, cf. BMSat 5370, &c.; on it are two cannon and two flags, one the striped American flag with a serpent, see BMSat 5336, &c, the other the Union flag. On each side of the "Isis" are the "Roebuck" (left) and the "Somerset" (right), the latter in flames. In front of the "Isis" the topsails of the "Eagle" appear. Above Mud Island is the "Vigilant", firing a broadside. "Chevaux de Frize" are marked in the river, above and below Mud Island. c.December 1777
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| Date | 1777 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1868,0808.4557 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) This appears to illustrate Lord Howe's dispatch of 25 Oct., published 2 Dec. 1777 in an 'Extraordinary Gazette'; see also 'Ann. Reg.' 1777, p. 134 ff.; Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 79. In the attack on the strongly fortified Mud, or Fort, Island the "Isis" and the "Merlin" were destroyed. The "Eagle" was Howe's flagship, see BMSat 5472. Mud Island was taken on 15 Nov., the news reaching London 19 Dec. Its capture opened the navigation of the Delaware; Howe marched after Washington, but failing to draw him into an engagement, withdrew to winter quarters at Philadelphia, cf. BMSat 5472. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4557 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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