The Tea-Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution. Angewitter enthanden durch die Anflage auf den Thee in Amerika. Orage cause par l'Impot sur le The en Amerique.

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• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: circa 1778.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 7/8 x 16 7/8" (32.7 x 42.9 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Engraver not identified, but attributed to Carl Guttenberg of Nuremberg (1743-1790). A satirical comment on the American colonies' reaction to the new British tea tax. Father Time projects a magic lantern image to four allegorical figures representing the continents. They see a tea pot exploding and a snake and a liberty cap flying. Behind the smoke and storm clouds are American troops charging the retreating British and beneath lies the British lion fast asleep. The vignettes at the base compare the American Revolution to Holland's auto da fe (1560) and Switzerland's William Tell (1296).

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• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Famous Events