Great Britain Faces Humiliation at Loss of American Colonies
British ministers, clergymen, and government supporters shift from insolence to humiliation in this pair of satirical cartoons. In The Hour of Insolence, Lord Frederick North (1732–1792), other ministers, and two clergymen look haughtily at a map of North America. In The Hour of Humiltation, the same ministers stand in front of the same map, appearing dejected, while Lord North, who resigned as British exchequer on March 1782, disappears into the background, as the British face defeat at the hands of the American revolutionaries.
British ministers, clergymen, and government supporters shift from insolence to humiliation in this pair of satirical cartoons. In <em>The Hour of Insolence</em>, Lord Frederick North (1732–1792), other ministers, and two clergymen look haughtily at a map of North America. In <em>The Hour of Humiltation</em>, the same ministers stand in front of the same map, appearing dejected, while Lord North, who resigned as British exchequer on March 1782, disappears into the background, as the British face defeat at the hands of the American revolutionaries.