Carl Guttenberg and John Dixon
The Tea-Tax-Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution
1777
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- Artist: Carl Guttenberg
- Artist: John Dixon
The Tea-Tax-Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution
1777
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 463 x 535 mm. (18 1/4 x 21 1/16 in.)
Plate: 410 x 490 mm. (16 1/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Image: 330 x 430 mm. (13 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.15185
Version with the French cock removed. Composition based on John Dixon's 1774 mezzotint "The Oracle".
BMA, Jacobs wing rotation, 25 May - 15 November 2011.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "C.G. / 4F"; in image, lower left, in plate "N"; below image, lower right, in plate: "1778"; below image, lower center, in plate "The Tea-Tax-Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution [with title in German, then French below]"; below image, lower left, in graphite indecipherable; below image, lower right, in graphite "-15185- / M678 / 23"
Markings: WM: unidentified
