![The able doctor, or, America swallowing the bitter draught](/sites/default/files/historical_images/2024-06/The%20Able%20Doctor.jpg)
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Place Created: London, UK
Year Created: 1774
Publisher: London Magazine
Owner: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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This political cartoon shows Lord North, with the "Boston Port Bill" extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Native female figure representing "America" whose arms are restrained by Lord Mansfield, while Lord Sandwich, a notorious womanizer, restrains her feet and peeks up her skirt. Britannia, standing behind "America", turns away and shields her face with her left hand.
Source: Illustration from: London magazine, v. 43 (1774 May), p. 184.
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