tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2803969651277143887.post1454055034198401141..comments2024-01-30T04:15:42.071-05:00Comments on British Tars, 1740-1790: Myneer Nic Frogs Lamentation, or Dutch Milk a fine Relish to English Sailors, 1781Kyle Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13428848890576823316noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2803969651277143887.post-46256233006033617142014-03-15T18:32:15.803-04:002014-03-15T18:32:15.803-04:00Wow, thanks! This really clears up a piece that wa...Wow, thanks! This really clears up a piece that was nearly incomprehensible to me.<br /><br />I think your last point is probably right. It seems like precisely the sort of ribald insult that would be slung at the personification of a foreign power.Kyle Daltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428848890576823316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2803969651277143887.post-45504599230020828462014-03-15T17:40:12.397-04:002014-03-15T17:40:12.397-04:00The cartoon is a reflection of the tensions betwee...The cartoon is a reflection of the tensions between Holland and England in the beginning of 1781 (when England declared war on Holland because of the trading that Holland was doing with both the French and the Americans).<br /><br />Nic Frog is a slang term for Holland. The Manifesto referred to by the sailor is actually the manifesto made by England against the Dutch for their trading practices. <br /><br />The reference to the cow is actually a reference to earlier political cartoons which had represented English trade as a cow being cut off because of the alliance. See for example this earlier French cartoon.<br /><br />http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=97030&objectId=764469&partId=1<br /><br />I've got no idea who the Mynheer Bushle A-se is supposed to refer to unless it's just the convention of the times blocking out the r and it's a reference to the Dutch as Mister Bushel Arse?John Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768771014487413321noreply@blogger.com