Destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor – Antique Wall Art
![Destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6f/6f77a135c025-L.webp)
(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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This historic print of Destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor
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Ships in Boston Harbor were the scene of this event, which the title names as the destruction of the tea. On the night of December 16, 1773, colonists boarded three vessels carrying East India Company tea and dumped the cargo, roughly 340 chests, into the water. The protest was against the Tea Act, which kept a tax on tea while favoring the company's sales, and it became one of the best-known acts of resistance leading to the American Revolution. The record does not give a date for this print, so it is best read as a later depiction of the 1773 event rather than a view made at the time.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Destruction. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 976 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114915 |
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