1790 satirical political cartoon shows Con-g-ss
1790 satirical political cartoon shows Con-g-ss embarkd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to Conogocheque by way of Philadelphia. Conogocheque, the future Washington, DC, is depicted in the upper left corner, as a desolated place with two bare trees. Congress is being lured by a devil over a rocky cataract, toward Philadelphia, away from the Potowmack river and the new capital
Picture No
13124701
Media ID
45381323
Size
3000px x 1802px
(1.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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