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Year:: 1785
Contributor:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1757-1827 (artist); Hinton, William, active 1779-1786 (publisher)
Genre:: etchings (prints)
Subject:: Arnold, Benedict > 1741-1801 > Caricatures and cartoons; Eden, William > 1744-1814 > 1st Baron Auckland > Caricatures and cartoons; United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Caricatures and cartoons; Statesmen in art
Local ID:: UH1785mf-1
Extent:: 1 etching; 34.5 x 25.3 cm.

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Abstract:: Hand-colored etched caricature (after Rowlandson), published December 21, 1785. 'William Eden (right) rushes towards Benedict Arnold (left) who receives him with open arms. Eden's right hand, holding a pen, is on his breast, in his left he holds out a paper inscribed 'Liberty'. From his coat-pocket three documents protrude: 'Commissn to America'; '£6,000 pr Annum', and 'Commercl Negotiator to France'. Arnold, in regimentals, wearing a hat and holding a sword in his right hand, is saying 'Liberty', his eyes turned sanctimoniously upwards. Across the design is etched: 'NB every Man has his Price Sr Robt Walpole's Politicks'. Beneath the design is etched: 'Two Patriots (in the self same Age was Born,) And both alike have gain'd the Public scorn, This to America did much pretend, The other was to Ireland a Friend, Yet Sword, or Oratory, would not do, As each had different Plans in Veiw, America lost! Arnold, & Alass! To loose our Eden now is come to pass.' -- British Museum
Notes:: Small oblong folio, matted; margins trimmed; yellowed, slightly soiled.; N.Y., Old Print Shop, 1953.

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Rights: No Copyright - United States
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Rowlandson, Thomas, "The loss of Eden - and Eden! Lost" (1785). Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:233636/

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Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection

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The loss of Eden - and Eden! Lost