Life — June 28, 1888 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Explanation for Modern Readers This illustration depicts **Bunker Hill** (a famous American Revolutionary War battle site) personified as a figure experiencing "Anglomania"—an obsessive admiration for English customs and culture. The sketch shows a large crowd of elaborately dressed figures in what appears to be a fashionable social gathering, likely mocking upper-class Americans who slavishly imitated British styles and manners. The satire suggests that even this historically significant American location—symbol of independence from Britain—has succumbed to anglophilia. The "delights" referenced are sarcastically presented as the frivolous fashions and affected behaviors of those aping English society, contrasting sharply with Bunker Hill's revolutionary significance. This reflects early American anxieties about cultural independence from Britain.