The repeal, or the funeral of Miss Ame- stamp

Title:: The repeal, or the funeral of Miss Ame- stamp
Description:: The Stamp Act is put to rest in a funeral procession on a London quay. George Grenville carries the coffin and Lord Bute follows as chief mourner. This was a very popular print, frequently copied. Dorothy George indicates that the original version of this cartoon had this inscription, which is a play on the French verb to love stamps as well as to America. However, this is obviously a crude, pirated version printed to capitalize on the cartoon's popularity.
Date:: [ca. 1766]
Format:: Prints
Genre:: Political cartoons
Etchings
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
American related cartoons, BM 3547 - BM 5283 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):: Americana Collection
Subjects:: Politics & government
Taxes
Funeral processions
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Stamp Act Congress (1765 : New York, N.Y.)
Great Britain. Stamp Act (1765)
Places:: England
Extent:: 1 print : etching ; 9 x 13 1/4 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880w790s
Terms of Use:: No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.

Publisher:: London : Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Language:: English
Notes:: Title from item.
Handwritten note on item: "Hon. Geo. stamp full of greif [sic] and despair carrying his favorite child's coffin Miss Americ stamp who was born in 1765 and died hard in 1766."
References: British Museum number 4140. American Revolution in Drawings and Prints number 624.
Accession #:: 11_03_000014