Frontispiece - when fell debate & civil wars shall cease ... – 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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Frontispiece - when fell debate & civil wars shall cease ... comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Frontispiece - when fell debate & civil wars shall cease ...
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The title line, which hopes that "when fell debate & civil wars shall cease," sets the tone for this etched and engraved frontispiece to the 1775 volume of *The London Magazine*. Its allegorical figures are Britannia, Peace and Commerce, which together suggest that Britain's trade would prosper once its quarrel with the American colonies was settled. The print appeared the same year fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord, so its hopeful message reads today as a sign of how many in London still hoped for reconciliation.
| Created / published | 1775 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching and engraving. |
| Genre | Allegories 1770-1780.Frontispieces 1770-1780.Periodical illustrations 1770-1780.Intaglio prints British 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: The London Magazine, 1775, frontispiece. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5283 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. 678. |
| Subjects | Britannia (Symbolic character)--1770-1780. Peace--1770-1780. Commerce--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 953 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122660 |
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