The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Sarony & Major, New York.

• MEDIUM: Lithograph handcolored,

  DATE: 1846

• EDITION SIZE: Small folio - image size 7 3/4 x 12 3/18" (19.6 x 31.5 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Lith. & Pub. by Sarony & Major. 99 Nassau near Fulton st. N.Y.<br><br> One of the great events that led up to the Revolutionary War. The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor, known as the Boston Tea Party, occurred on December 16, 1773, when American colonists, disguised as Native Americans, dumped 342 chests of tea from the East India Company into the harbor to protest the Tea Act and "taxation without representation".

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• CONDITION: Good condition save for some minor short tears along sheet edges. Non affecting the image. Original hand coloring.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Revolutionary War