Price: $45.00
SKU: 98315
MEDIUM: Embossed multi-color color lithograph,
DATE: c.1900.
EDITION SIZE: Sheet size 10 x 6.5"(26 x 16 cm).
DESCRIPTION: A cigar box label honoring Patrick Henry (1736-1799), one of America's Founding Father. He became famous for his fiery speech at the Second Virginia Convention in 1775, in which he declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!" <br><br> Printed by the American lithographic Co. <br><br> A facsimile signature is printed below the portrait and "1765" is printed below it. The date might be a reference to the year Henry gained a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses, following the resignation of William Johnson. It could also be a reference to the 1765 Stamp Act, in which the British Parliament implement taxes upon printed material in the colonies. The newly appointed Henry became famous for his passionate opposition of the Act and he proposed his resolutions on May 30, 1765, only about 10 days after he was sworn into the House of Burgesses. The final result of his response were the Virginia Resolves, a series of resolutions in which the colony of Virginia declared that Parliament could not tax the citizen of Virginia, only governmental bodies in which Virginians themselves elected representatives had such authority.
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CONDITION: Good condition and color.
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