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The Tea Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution.
[Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg.]
[n.d., c.1778.]
Etching, scarce scratched letter proof. Platemark: 405 x 485mm (16 x 19"), with large margins. Light foxing in margins. Small spot of repaired damage in lower right title area.
Famous American Revolution satire, in which a figure of Time uses a magic lantern to project an allegorical representation of revolution in America, showing the consequences of the Stamp Act and the tax on tea, watched by an audience personifying the four continents. In the title area, two medallions depicting Holland and Switzerland as precursors of the American struggle in their own experiences of oppression. One (left) is inscribed "Auto da fe" and "Holland. 1560". It represents a man tied to the stake, while a monk, holding up a crucifix, holds a torch to the pile. On the right. is "Wilhelm Tell, Switzerland. 1296". Legendary Swiss patriot William Tell aims with a cross-bow at the apple on his son's head, while Austrian bailiff Gessler on horseback points at the child. Between the medallions is part of an oak-tree. The medallion representing Holland is supported (left) by the Dutch lion holding in his paw a sheaf of seven arrows representing the United Provinces. Hercules with his club (right) supports the medallion of Switzerland. An adaptation, in reverse, of 'The Oracle' by John Dixon. Engraved and published in Nuremberg by Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (1743 - 1790).
BM Satires: 5490.
[Ref: 35379] £1,700.00
[Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg.]
[n.d., c.1778.]
Etching, scarce scratched letter proof. Platemark: 405 x 485mm (16 x 19"), with large margins. Light foxing in margins. Small spot of repaired damage in lower right title area.
Famous American Revolution satire, in which a figure of Time uses a magic lantern to project an allegorical representation of revolution in America, showing the consequences of the Stamp Act and the tax on tea, watched by an audience personifying the four continents. In the title area, two medallions depicting Holland and Switzerland as precursors of the American struggle in their own experiences of oppression. One (left) is inscribed "Auto da fe" and "Holland. 1560". It represents a man tied to the stake, while a monk, holding up a crucifix, holds a torch to the pile. On the right. is "Wilhelm Tell, Switzerland. 1296". Legendary Swiss patriot William Tell aims with a cross-bow at the apple on his son's head, while Austrian bailiff Gessler on horseback points at the child. Between the medallions is part of an oak-tree. The medallion representing Holland is supported (left) by the Dutch lion holding in his paw a sheaf of seven arrows representing the United Provinces. Hercules with his club (right) supports the medallion of Switzerland. An adaptation, in reverse, of 'The Oracle' by John Dixon. Engraved and published in Nuremberg by Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (1743 - 1790).
BM Satires: 5490.
[Ref: 35379] £1,700.00
[Der General Wolf, Ober Befehlshaber des Englischen Kriegs-Heeres in Nord Amerika, ward in der Schlacht bei Guebeck den 13. September 1759. verwundet, und Starb in dem er Seinen Sieg erfuhr.]
[Gemacht von B. West Gegraben von Carl Guttenberg.]
[à Paris chez Guttenberg Rue St. Hiacinthe prè la Place St. Michel. n.d., c.1772.]
Engraving, 240 x 295mm. 9½ x 11½". Proof before letters; paper discoloration.
German engraving of Benjamin West's painting depicting the death of the British General James Wolfe in the Battle of Quebec, 1759. The painting is now in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
See 11244 for lettered state.
[Ref: 11245] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Gemacht von B. West Gegraben von Carl Guttenberg.]
[à Paris chez Guttenberg Rue St. Hiacinthe prè la Place St. Michel. n.d., c.1772.]
Engraving, 240 x 295mm. 9½ x 11½". Proof before letters; paper discoloration.
German engraving of Benjamin West's painting depicting the death of the British General James Wolfe in the Battle of Quebec, 1759. The painting is now in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
See 11244 for lettered state.
[Ref: 11245] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Der General Wolf, Ober Befehlshaber des Englischen Kriegs-Heeres in Nord Amerika, ward in der Schlacht bei Guebeck den 13. September 1759. verwundet, und Starb in dem er Seinen Sieg erfuhr.
Gemacht von B. West Gegraben von Carl Guttenberg.
[...]berg bei D.A. Hauer; à Paris chez Guttenberg Rue St. Hiacinthe prè la Place St. Michel. [n.d., c.1772]
Copper engraving, 240 x 295mm. 9½ x 11½". Paper discoloration.
German engraving of Benjamin West's painting depicting the death of the British General James Wolfe in the Battle of Quebec, 1759. The painting is now in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
[Ref: 11244] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Gemacht von B. West Gegraben von Carl Guttenberg.
[...]berg bei D.A. Hauer; à Paris chez Guttenberg Rue St. Hiacinthe prè la Place St. Michel. [n.d., c.1772]
Copper engraving, 240 x 295mm. 9½ x 11½". Paper discoloration.
German engraving of Benjamin West's painting depicting the death of the British General James Wolfe in the Battle of Quebec, 1759. The painting is now in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
[Ref: 11244] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)