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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION—PRINTS.) Durand, Asher B.; after Jonathan
Trumbull.
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America,
with matching key sheet featuring the heads in outline, matched to numbered signatures.
Main engraving: 24
1
/
2
x 33 inches; toned, minor dampstaining, closed 10-inch repaired
horizontal tear with slight discoloration, minor edge wear. Key: 10 x 34 inches, toned, with
repaired tears and heavy dampstaining in the right 15%, both affecting the Hancock signature.
[New York]: , 20 December 1820
[1,000/1,500]
The first and most important engraving of Trumbull’s 1819 classic painting, depicting Thomas
Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and the rest of their committee presenting John
Hancock with their draft of the Declaration of Independence, as most of the other signers look
on. Not often seen with the key. Snyder, Mirror of America 225; Stauffer 679.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION—PRINTS.)
The Able Doctor, or
America Swallowing the Bitter Draught.
Engraving, 4
1
/
4
x 6
1
/
4
inches; trimmed
within plate mark, laid down on later paper.
[London, May 1774]
[600/900]
A satirical British reaction to the Boston Tea Party, published in the London Magazine and soon
copied by Paul Revere. An American Indian is attacked by four British ministers, who forcibly pour
tea down her throat. “A Frenchman and Spaniard look on, while Britannia weeps. In the foreground
a Boston Petition lies torn on the ground, and in the background the British fleet is bombarding
Boston”—Cresswell 664. See also Brigham’s Revere, pages 117-118.
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