The Colossus of the North or The Striding Boreas
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![The Colossus of the North or The Striding Boreas. Place: [London]. Date: [1774]. Narrative description: Lord North as the Colossus of Rhodes. Criticism of the North Administration for "tyranny and venality." Images include: Britannia; Frederick, Lord North, Earl of Guilford; Westminster Hall; John Wilkes, recently elected Mayor of London; lit torch named "America;" Members of Parliament as a river. Accession number: 31460.](https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/preview/YJC/YJC0/YJC0009/YJC0009492_The-Colossus-of-the-North-or-The-Striding-Boreas.jpg "The Colossus of the North or The Striding Boreas")
| Caption | The Colossus of the North or The Striding Boreas. Place: [London]. Date: [1774]. Narrative description: Lord North as the Colossus of Rhodes. Criticism of the North Administration for "tyranny and venality." Images include: Britannia; Frederick, Lord North, Earl of Guilford; Westminster Hall; John Wilkes, recently elected Mayor of London; lit torch named "America;" Members of Parliament as a river. Accession number: 31460. |
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| Creator | see caption |
| Artwork medium | engraving |
| Credit | Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library |
| Terms of use | Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| Search stock images by keyword | political cartoon cartoons politics colossus north striding boreas Lord North Colossus of Rhodes Criticism North Administration tyranny venality include Britannia Frederick Earl of Guilford Westminster Hall John Wilkes recently elected Mayor of London lit torch named America Members of Parliament river January 1770-March 1782 Striding Boreas |
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