British cartoon, The Repeal, or the Funeral
British cartoon, The Repeal, or the Funeral Procession of Miss America Stamp, 1766. The background ships are anchored, while busy warehouses, forecast the flourishing English commerce resulting from the repeal of the Stamp Act. In the funeral procession, the figure 4th from right is George Grenville, in grief and despair, carrying his favorite childs coffin, Miss American Stamp, who was born in 1765 and died in 1766
Picture No
13124429
Media ID
45380564
Size
3000px x 1971px
(2.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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1760s Caricatured Hand-colored Imperialism Lcgr1904 Lcgr2019 Mercantilism Pre-american Repeal Taxation
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