File:The Tea Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution (BM 1867,1214.139).jpg
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[edit]The Tea Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tea Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution |
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Description |
English: An adaptation, in reverse, of 'The Oracle' by John Dixon, see BMSat 5225. Time, with a magic-lantern, throws upon a curtain an allegorical representation of revolution in America. He points this out to four female figures personifying the four quarters of the world.[See J. H. Hyde, 'L'Iconographie des quatre parties du monde dans les tapisseries'; 'Gazette des Beaux-Arts', Paris, 1924, pp. 253 ff.] Dixon's Britannia, Hibernia, and Scotia have been transformed into Europe, Asia, and Africa. Europe and Asia sit side by side, Asia's arm on Europe's shoulder. Asia, a fair woman, holds on her lap a censer, from which pour clouds of incense. Europe wears a plumed helmet, and has a spear and a shield on which is a horse; both wear pseudo-classical draperies. Africa, a black woman wearing a turban, stands behind Europe gazing in horror at the vision. This group is on the right. On the left sits America exactly as in Dixon's mezzotint. On the bale of goods behind her are the letters "C. G.", and beneath them "4 F."; on the bale on which she sits is an inverted "M". The letters C. G. are the initials of the artist. [Nagler, 'Die Monogrammisten', ii, 27.]
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Depicted people | Representation of: Time | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1778 date QS:P571,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1867,1214.139 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) The example of Holland and Switzerland in their contest with tyrants is depicted as emblematic of the revolt of the Colonies against England. See BMSat 6190, an English adaptation of this design where the allusions are made explicit by words spoken by Time. See also BMSat 5491. For other references to the tax on tea see BMSat 5226, 5282, 5491, 5850, 5859. For the Stamp Act see BMSat 5487, &c. For Saratoga see BMSat 6470, &c. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1867-1214-139 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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