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AMERICAN REVOLUTION – WILSON, Benjamin (1721-1788). The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp. [London: no publisher, 18 March 1766].
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION – WILSON, Benjamin (1721-1788). The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp. [London: no publisher, 18 March 1766].
Wilson's celebrated engraving commemorating the repeal of the Stamp Act. “One of the most famous and popular of the political satires commenting on the Stamp Act is this one. [...] An instant success, it became one of the most copied satires of the period.” Later impressions carry lengthy explanation of the tax and its repeal beneath the picture (Dolmetsch). Joan Dolmetsch Rebellion and Reconciliation: Satirical Prints on the Revolution at Williamsburg, pp.38-39.
Engraving (295 x 470mm), framed (trimmed to platemark, a few short marginal tears, a little minor soiling). Provenance: Andrew Edmunds, October 1991.
Wilson's celebrated engraving commemorating the repeal of the Stamp Act. “One of the most famous and popular of the political satires commenting on the Stamp Act is this one. [...] An instant success, it became one of the most copied satires of the period.” Later impressions carry lengthy explanation of the tax and its repeal beneath the picture (Dolmetsch). Joan Dolmetsch Rebellion and Reconciliation: Satirical Prints on the Revolution at Williamsburg, pp.38-39.
Engraving (295 x 470mm), framed (trimmed to platemark, a few short marginal tears, a little minor soiling). Provenance: Andrew Edmunds, October 1991.
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