The alternative of Williams-burg – Antique Print
(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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The mezzotint takes Williamsburg, the Virginia capital, as its target, lampooning the crowds and vigilance committees that were asserting control there in early 1775. Robert Sayer and John Bennett published it in London on February 16, 1775, and it is attributed to the caricaturist Philip Dawe. It is the fourth plate in a series of satirical prints on American affairs, which were made for a British audience following the colonial dispute. Its mocking tone shows how London viewers saw colonial resistance as the work of unruly local radicals.
| Created / published | London : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775 Feb. 16. |
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| Medium | 1 print : mezzotint. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Mezzotints British 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Plate IV. Attributed to Philip Dawe, per BMC no. 5284. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5284 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 680. |
| Subjects | Sons of Liberty--People--Virginia--Williamsburg--1770-1780. Vigilance committees--Virginia--Williamsburg--1770-1780. Crowds--Virginia--Williamsburg--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,139 × 1,443 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219090 |
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