The Repeal. Or the Funeral Procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, political cartoon 1766.
Permanent ID:
12132Call number:
Bb 612 R299Date:
March 18 1766Image Description:
This cartoon predicts the flourishing of English commerce with the repeal of the Stamp Act. It depicts a group of men in a funeral procession on the Thames River with a bank of warehouses in the background. On the quay, behind two bishops at the end of the procession, are two bales labeled "Stamps from America" and "Black cloth return'd from America."Thix is a mixed media etching and engraving published in London. Artist was likely Benjamin Wilson.