The tea-tax-tempest, or Old Time with his magick-lanthern LCCN97515218, 1783

Title: the tea-tax-tempest, or old time with his magick-lanthern abstract: cartoon shows america, seated on the left, and a sombre britannia treated to a glass lantern presentation on the american revolution. Father time, leaning against a globe, provides a commentary on the momentous events projected by the lantern: an exploding teapot, the boston tea party, over a fire that is fueled by paper taxed by the stamp act and fanned by the gallic cock sitting on a bellows; as american troops advance on the right, british troops flee on the left. Physical description: 1 print: etching. Notes: 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. 851.;based on print attributed to carl guttenberg.;similar impressions with and without the "gallic cock" and bellows are filed in pc 1 - 5490 (b size) and pga - guttenberg--tea-tax-tempest. (b size).;forms part of: british cartoon prints collection (library of congress). Date: 1783.