Americana.- Prelude to the American Revolution.- Wilson (Benjamin) After. The Repeal, or the Funeral Procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, etching, [c.1766]

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Americana.- Prelude to the American Revolution.- Wilson (Benjamin) After. The Repeal, or the Funeral Procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, etching and engraving, on laid paper without watermark, a very good impression with little wear in the densely hatched areas, platemark 252 x 357 mm (9 7/8 x 14 1/8 in), sheet 304 x 480 mm (12 x 18 7/8 in), good wide margins, some small nicks and tears to extremities, handling creases and minor toning, a few spots and light surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1766]Literature:cf. BM Satires 4140'After Wilson's celebrated engraving commemorating the repeal of the Stamp Act, showing a mock funeral procession in a London dock with various warehouses, in the left foreground a tomb, approached by the procession with Lord Bute, wearing tartan, immediately after the coffin, followed by the Duke of Bedford, at the end two bishops.' [BM Satires]

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