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(REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) [Carl Guttenberg, artist.] The
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(REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) [Carl Guttenberg, artist.] The Tea-Tax-Tempest, or The Anglo-American Revolution. Engraving, 16¼ x 19 inches, with title in English, German, and French; minor foxing and minimal wear. - [Nuremberg or Paris, 1778]

Allegorical image of Father Time projecting a view with a magic lantern showing Indians and American patriots pursuing red-coats, with a bonfire of tax-stamped documents used to boil a teapot. The scene is viewed with wonder by women representing the four continents: America, Africa, Europe and Asia. British Museum Satires 5490; Fowble 99.
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(REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) [Carl Guttenberg, artist.] The

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