• The repeal. Or the funeral procession of Miss Americ-Stamp.

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Language:
  • No linguistic content; Not applicable
Creator:
  • Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788
Call number:
  • D West 48/GC106/Box 45/Oversize/18th-19th c. GA 2010.01177
Extent:
  • 1 item ; sheet 28.7 x 39.1 cm.
Format:
  • Visual material
Description:
  • Medium: Engravings, Hand coloring
  • Depiction: Caricature; political satire. Allegorical scene celebrating the repeal of the Stamp Act by mocking the leaders who supported the tax. Includes Dr. William Scott; Solicitor-General Wedderburn; Attorney General Norton; Lord Grenville; Lord Bute; William Pitt; Conway; Rockingham; and Grafton.
  • Unsigned.
Publisher:
  • 1766/03/18.
Subject:
  • Caricature
  • Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
  • Great Britain—Stamp Act (1765)—Caricatures and cartoons
  • United States—History—Colonial period, ca. 16001775—Caricatures and cartoons
  • United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Causes—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Funeral rites and ceremonies—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Grenville, George, 1712-1770—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
  • Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Source acquisition:
  • Purchased with the assistance of the Barksdale-Dabney-Henry Fund.
Created:
  • 1766-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1766
Location:
  • Special Collections D West 48/GC106/Box 45/Oversize/18th-19th c. GA 2010.01177
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dcs7526r87k
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Range label:
  • Logical
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