The Bostonians in distress, plate II.
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- Created Date
- 1774-11-19
- Description
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Attributed to Phillip Dawe.
References: British Museum number 5241. American Revolution in Drawing and Prints number 680.
Print shows ten Bostonians in a huge cage suspended from the Liberty Tree. British seamen hand them fish while cannons, ships and soldiers surround them in the background. This was published at the time Boston had been closed by the Port of Boston Bill in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party.
- Creator
Dawe, Philip
- Partner
- Digital Commonwealth
- Contributing Institution
- Boston Public Library
- Collection
- Americana Collection
- Publisher
- Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs
- Type
- image
- Format
- PrintsPolitical cartoonsEngravingsMezzotints
- Language
- English
- Rights
- No known restrictions on use.
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- Dawe, Philip. The Bostonians in distress, plate II.. 1774-11-19. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880w842b. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Dawe, Philip, (1774-11-19) The Bostonians in distress, plate II.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880w842b
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- Dawe, Philip. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880w842b>.