Die Einwohner von Boston wersen den englisch-ostindischen Thee ins Meer am 18 December 1773 / D. Chodowiecki del. et sculp. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Die Einwohner von Boston wersen den englisch-ostindischen Thee ins Meer am 18 December 1773 / D. Chodowiecki del. et sculp., preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Die Einwohner von Boston wersen den englisch-ostindischen Thee ins Meer am 18 December 1773 / D. Chodowiecki del. et sculp.
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Daniel Chodowiecki, a leading Berlin printmaker born in Danzig, etched this view of the Boston Tea Party for a German audience around 1784, about a decade after the event. The caption dates the dumping to 18 December 1773, though colonists emptied the tea chests into the harbor on the night of December 16. They were protesting the Tea Act, which kept a tax on imported tea. Chodowiecki presents the episode as popular defiance, an interpretation that shaped how many European readers understood the colonial dispute with London.
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [Germany : s.n., 1784] |
| Subjects | Boston Tea Party, 1773. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,028 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107580 |
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