The tea-tax tempest, or, the Anglo-American revolution. Angewitter entstanden durch die Auslage aus den thee in Amerika. Orage cause par l'impot sur le the en Amerique. [engraving]

The tea-tax tempest, or, the Anglo-American revolution. Angewitter entstanden durch die Auslage aus den thee in Amerika. Orage cause par l'impot sur le the en Amerique. [engraving]

Paris C. Guttenberg 1778

1 print ; on sheet 41 x 49 cm. matted 51 x 57 cm. ; a second copy 41 x 50 cm. on sheet 43 x 57 cm.

P&E L1991.218f

An allegorical engraving in which Father Time uses a magic lantern to show a picture of a tea pot exploding in the midst of an American army composed of colonists and an Indian. They chase a fleeing British army of yoked soldiers and lion cubs. An Indian ( America), a black woman (Africa), a woman holding a lantern (Asia), and a woman holding a shield and spear (Europe) watch. Centered at the base of the print, amid the title, are two pictures in ovals comparing the American Revolution to Holland's auto da fe (1570) and Switzerland's William Tell (1200).
A second copy, not matted, has the title only in English and the publication date has been removed. This copy is accessioned as 1976.1.642 and housed with P&E L1991.218f.
Digitized images available.

Joan D. Dolmetsch. Rebellion and reconciliation, 47
Cresswell, Donald H., The American revolution in drawings and prints, 851

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