Title: the tea-tax-tempest, or the anglo-american revolution
abstract: print shows a satire expressing a continental european view of the american revolution, showing father time using a magic lantern to project the image of a teapot exploding among frightened british troops as american troops advance through the smoke. Figures representing world opinion look on: an indian for america, a black woman representing africa, a woman holding a lantern symbolizing asia, and a woman bearing a shield for europe. Physical description: 1 print: etching and engraving. Notes: title from item.;exhibited: "steeped in history: the art of tea" at the fowler museum, university of california, los angeles, 2009.;published in: the american revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the library of congress / compiled by donald h. Cresswell, with a foreword by sinclair h. Hitchings. Washington: [for sale by the supt. Of docs. , u. S. Govt. Print. Off. ], 1975, no. 738.;title also appears in german and french.;forms part of: british cartoon prints collection (library of congress).;similar impression with the "gallic cock" and bellows is filed in pga - guttenberg--the tea-tax-tempest. (b size).;attributed to carl guttenberg. Date: 1778.
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