ZoomThe American Rattle Snake
William Richardson · James Gillray · April 12, 1782
The American Rattle Snake is a political cartoon drawn by English cartoonist 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 two British armies. It was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by William Henry Huntington in 1883 but is not available to be viewed.
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