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Allegorie op de Tea-party en de Amerikaanse, Nederlandse en Zwitserse vrijheidsstrijd
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Allegorie op de Tea-party en de Amerikaanse, Nederlandse en Zwitserse vrijheidsstrijd

Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg · 1778 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Allegory on the Boston Tea Party (1773) and the American, Dutch and Swiss struggle for freedom. Father Time shows an allegorical image of the American War of Independence with a magic lantern. Personifications of Europe, Asia, America and Africa look on.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printAsiatic races and peoplesmagic lanternAfricansNative peoples of the Americas
Credit lineAllegorie op de Tea-party en de Amerikaanse, Nederlandse en Zwitserse vrijheidsstrijd. 1778. Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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