The hero returned from Boston [etching]
1776
P&E L2021S9m
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Title
The hero returned from Boston [etching]
Published
London [i.e. Augsburg?] Printed for Thos. Hart, as act directs 1776
Description
1 print ; image 26 x 18 cm. on sheet 30 x 23 cm.
Call Number
P&E L2021S9m
Note
"7th Sepr. 1776."
Aquatint with etching depicting a gentleman in a frock coat embracing a woman in a diaphanous gown refers to Gen. Thomas Gage, who had recently been recalled from his command of the British troops in North America, and his American-born wife, Margaret Kemble Gage, who had preceded him from Boston to London a few months earlier in the aftermath of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Fictitious imprint: probably printed in the German town of Augsburg?; Thomas Hart is a fictitious name, probably to protect the identity of the satirist.
Digital image available, see URL.
Aquatint with etching depicting a gentleman in a frock coat embracing a woman in a diaphanous gown refers to Gen. Thomas Gage, who had recently been recalled from his command of the British troops in North America, and his American-born wife, Margaret Kemble Gage, who had preceded him from Boston to London a few months earlier in the aftermath of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Fictitious imprint: probably printed in the German town of Augsburg?; Thomas Hart is a fictitious name, probably to protect the identity of the satirist.
Digital image available, see URL.
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