https://remotereference.librarycompany.org/files/original/05dde663d70f446e44d940aff6ed5b5d.jpg dc71946023e32d0e4ddf2497654f622d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Zion besieg’d and attack’d] [graphic]. Subject The topic of the resource Pennsylvania Constitution 1776 Political cartoons Description An account of the resource Allegorical cartoon concerning the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 ("Zion"). Satirizes current events, fads, and opponents of the controversial constitution, which established a unicameral legislation overseen by an unchecked Council of Censors. Depicts "Zion" as a fortification on a rock under the protection of troops flying a flag inscribed, "Franklin & Liberty." The fort is attacked by anti-constitutionalists including Robert Morris and his "Bankers Corps," Benjamin Rush, Thomas Paine and possibly Alexander Hamilton. Also includes caricatured local politicians, sprites, demons, beasts, and animals, including publisher Mathew Carey and possibly pubisher William Cobbett who comment on national banks, banknotes, medical practices, the interest in ballooning, and slanderous pamphleteering and newspaper accounts. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library Company of Philadelphia <a href="http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&amp;doc_number=000135408">http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&amp;doc_number=000135408</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available [Philadelphia: William Poyntell, 1787] Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1 print: etching and engraving; 37 x 45 cm.(15 x 18 in.) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context political cartoons - 1787-[Zio] [5760.F.3] Roberts-Matthew