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The American Rattle Snake
ArtistJames Gillray
Year1782
MediumEtching
SubjectRattlesnake
Dimensions8.5 by 12.5 in (22 by 32 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art

The American Rattle Snake is a political cartoon drawn by James Gillray and published by William Richardson on April 12, 1782. One of Gillray's earliest prints, it depicts a rattlesnake, symbolizing America, coiled around some British units. It was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by William Henry Huntington in 1883 but is not available to be viewed.[1]

  1. ^ "Attributed to James Gillray - The American Rattle Snake". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

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